Health Advancement and Promotion Assignment | Breastfeeding Report

   

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Running Head: HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION1Breastfeeding practice in India<Student ID><Student Name><University Name>
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HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION2ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Motivation of the review............................................................................................................4Methods......................................................................................................................................4Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria................................................................................................5Flowchart....................................................................................................................................5Results........................................................................................................................................6Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7References..................................................................................................................................8
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HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION3IntroductionBreastfeeding is an important infant feeding practice that acts as the natural medicine for newborn infants. India is a nation where new born children face a high degree of undernutrition.The breastfeeding scenario of this developing nation has been selected as the topic so that theproblem relating to malnutrition among the babies can be effectively assessed. About one-third of children die before reaching five years of life due to malnutrition and according toWorld Health Organization (WHO), the nutrition of children during the first few years of lifeis crucial for their survival. During infancy, no gift can be more valuable than mother’s milksince it offers necessary nutrients to the child and protects him from life threateninginfections and diseases.As per research 1,56,000 children under the age of 5 die due to poor breastfeeding practice.Proper breastfeeding can reduce the respiratory infections and numerous cases of diarrheaamong new born kids in India (Bopp, Saunders & Lattimore, 2013). As per Lancet report,breast feeding could minimize death by 13% among children. As per studies breastfeedingcan raise IQ by 3 points among all the children. The benefits of breastfeeding extend to themothers as well since it reduces the chance of breast cancer and ovarian cancer among them.Experts state that mother’s milk promotes sensory as well as cognitive development amongthe children and protects the infants against chronic diseases (Adewuyi & Adefemi, 2017).In spite of the innumerable advantages of breastfeeding, the practice of breastfeeding isinitiated in very few cases within an hour of birth as per WHO. The poor news is that the ratehas not improved in the last couple of decades (Burton, et al., 2016).Breastfeeding has benefits not just for the child but also for the mother. Some of the mainbenefits of breastfeeding include the healthy child, stronger bones of the child, lower riskconcerning SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), lower chances of undernutrition amongkids, a lesser problem with weight, improved healing after delivery, lower risk of cancer,better effectiveness of the vaccine, etc. Thus there is a need for spreading awareness onbreastfeeding so that the mother and child can benefit from the process (Adewuyi &Adefemi, 2017).In India, especially this scenario is very poor due to a number of external elements such ashuge poverty, lack of basic necessities, lack of necessary awareness and education onbreastfeeding. Thus India needs to invest in this health aspect urgently so that the new
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