Source of information in regard of starting breast-feeding in Baghdad

الملخص EN

This study.

was done on three hundred mothers who has a child less than 5 year old in ALNahryn University Teaching Hospital for the period of three months 1-1-2001 to 31-3-2001.

The study showed that 48% were Breast-feeding, 11 % Bottlefeeding, & 41% Mixed breast and bottle-feeding.

The family plays a major role (97.

2 %) in deciding the type of feeding and the doctor role was only 2 % in that regard and 21.

2 % in advice for artificial feeding.

The study also showed that there is a decline in breast feeding among -the three generations studied 100 %, 96.

4 %, 48 %; which represent around 52 % o decline in breast feeding.