INFORMATION SOUGHT ON BREAST FEEDING PROGRAMS

Evaluation of breast-feeding promotion programs on hospitals of Kerman province during 1995

breast-milk is the best food for infants and protects them from many diseases.in order to investigate the quality of breast-feeding promotion programms a survey was performed with the help of a questionnaire prepared by UNICEF ,titled as self assessment of maternity hospitals and other hospitals.the findings are as follow:none of the hospitals had a specific procedure to evaluate the efforts fo...

Using Ndf Digestibility Information in Dairy Cattle Feeding Programs

Dry matter intake (DMI) is related to dietary NDF content (Mertens, 1987) and in vitro NDF digestibility (NDFD, % of NDF; Oba and Allen, 1999). The NRC (2001) summative energy equation is based on fiber digestibility calculated using lignin. Whole-plant lignin content was found to have a strong negative relationship with in-vitro NDFD within comparisons of brown midrib (bm3) hybrids to isogenic...

[Breast feeding].

The research that was carried out with comparative groups showed the influence of the work done by a coordinated health group on the prolonged natural lactation. This experience has proved the evident reduction of percentages of malnutrition and diarrhoea in children under 6 months of age.

Breast feeding.

Breast-feeding initiation and exclusive breast-feeding in rural Vietnam.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the initiation of breast-feeding and exclusive breast-feeding within the first week after delivery for women in rural Vietnam. DESIGN An interviewer-administered survey was conducted on a sample of rural women who gave birth during August-October 2002. SETTING Quang Xuong District, Thanh Hoa Province of Vietnam. SUBJECTS Four hundred and sixty-three women particip...