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of the study involving pregnant women residing in different barangays covered by San
Sebastian Health Center.
Among the several factors considered in the socio-demographic profiles among the
subjects, it is well established that all had experience having been pregnant in the past,
with a majority having a parity of one (1). Notwithstanding this, data reveals that the
number of prenatal check-ups for current pregnancy ranges from none to more than four
checkups, with the mode having only one prenatal check-up. Important to note is that the
Age Of Gestation at the time of the interview ranges from first month of pregnancy to
those who have just given birth, with more than a third of the respondents interviewed in
their second trimester of pregnancy.
Majority of the subjects’ highest educational attainment is high school or secondary
education. Most of them are married and unemployed with their husband as the
breadwinner, having a total family monthly income of Php 5,000 to Php 9,999 by most of
them. Among the 25 respondents who are employed, 13 worked as vendors with 44% of
them working for more that 40 hours a week without having any benefit of maternity leave.
These factors considered in the subjects’ socio demographic profiles help comprehend
the association of the subjects’ knowledge, attitude and skills in exclusive breastfeeding,
and their practice of it.
Data reveals that majority of the subjects are knowledgeable with the practice of exclusive
breastfeeding with only five (5.3%) having low knowledge thereof. It can be observed in
Figure 5 that most of the subject pregnant women are able to answer correctly to
questions surrounding exclusive breastfeeding.
Results show that most of the respondents who successfully finished the practice
questions have good practices with exclusive breastfeeding, with only nine (9) having bad
practices. Hence, despite having knowledge and postitive attitude exclusive
breastfeeding, there are still quite a number who do not observe proper practice of it.
While useful, the result of the data shown must be viewed with caution because of the
low response rate as many of the respondents were not able to finish answering the
practice questions. Subjects who were not able to finish with the questions may have
knowledge and positive attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding but may not actually
observe good or proper practice, or vice versa.
The factors associated with the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices on exclusive
breastfeeding.
For the determinants of attitudes, after modifications as discussed in the previous chapter,
From this model, it can be concluded, with reference to Table 6, that among the proximal
risk factors tested, knowledge score, practice score, neonatal complications, and baby
with conditions that prevented breastfeeding are all determinants of attitude score,
although the evidence for these associations are weak.
It may be concluded that among the proximal risk factors tested, the determinants of
practices, with reference to the reclassified strata, are: income, number of prenatal check-
ups, prenatal place, attitudes, and neonatal complications although the evidence for these
associations are weak.