Knowledge, Attitude, and Associated Factors towards Colostrum Feeding among Antenatal Care Attendant Mothers in Gununo Health Centre, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia 2019: Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Maternal knowledge regarding colostrum feeding in Gununo health center, Wolaita zone, SNNP region, Southern Ethiopia, 2019.
Variable
Frequency
Percentage
Colostrum:
Bad fluid from the breast in the first 4 days
17
5
Important breast milk in the first 4 days
291
85.1
I do not know
34
9.9
Days colostrum will stay:
For 1 day
15
4.4
For 2 days
33
9.6
For 3 days
162
47.4
More than 3 days
132
38.6
Does colostrum has an advantage to the babies:
Yes
297
86.6
No
16
4.7
I do not know
29
8.5
Time of initiation of the 1st milk:
Within one hour after delivery
283
86.3
Within six hours after delivery
34
10.4
After 24 hr after delivery
11
3.4
Others (I do not know)
14
4.4
Additional food or drink should be given from birth to six months in addition to colostrum:
