Exclusive breastfeeding as a predictor of a natural birth control method among women in the South West, Nigeria.
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2014
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Abstract
This study was carried out to assess the utilization of exclusive breastfeeding as a predicator of
natural birth control among women in the south western Nigeria. Related literature was reviewed on
different methods of National birth control with much emphasis on the useful ideas and the benefits of
breastfeeding to both the nursing mothers and their babies.
The population for the study consist only nursing mothers who are attending the infants
welfare clinic, family planning clinic and ante-natal clinic which include civil servants, Traders and
artisans. Four hundred subjects were randomly selected from about five thousands population of
nursing mothers within the state in the south western Nigeria for the study. The instrument used for
the study was self structured questionnaire that were validated by experts in the area of study and
tested for the reliability of study using split half. A spearman rank order was used to analyze the result.
A correlation coefficient of (0.75r) was obtained which ascertain its reliability for the study. The
instrument was administered by the researcher and five research assistance. An inferential statistics of
chi-square was used to analyze the formulated hypotheses.
The result revealed that most respondents lack the knowledge about the benefit of exclusive
breastfeeding, the nature of their work does not permit them to give exclusive breastfeeding. The
health status of mothers and settlement pattern have influence on their compliance to exclusive
breastfeeding.
It is therefore recommended that appropriate steps through advocacy and campaign jingles be
carried out by the stakeholders in the health sector; waiver should be given to nursing mothers to
attend to their babies wherever the need arises to breastfeed them either at home or in the work
place by their employers.