The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang

It is estimated that 30 to 40% of children in Malaysia have allergies that also involved breastfed infants. Maternal diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding was found to be one of the factors that may lead to allergy reaction in infants. The increasing trends of allergy among infants leads to the qu...

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Main Authors:	Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada, Mohd. Shukri, Nor Azwani, Abdul Ghani, Radiah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/8/74532%20poster.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/9/74532%20programme%20book.pdf

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spelling	iium-745322019-10-01T08:15:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/ The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada Mohd. Shukri, Nor Azwani Abdul Ghani, Radiah RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health It is estimated that 30 to 40% of children in Malaysia have allergies that also involved breastfed infants. Maternal diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding was found to be one of the factors that may lead to allergy reaction in infants. The increasing trends of allergy among infants leads to the question whether mothers have a sufficient knowledge. One of the sources of information is via breastfeeding peer counselor. Objective: This study aimed to identify knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy prevention among Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (BPC) in Pahang. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional questionnaire study carried out among 67 BPC with mean age 40.94±8.87 that live in Pahang. The convenient sampling method was used with the inclusion criteria will be among Kumpulan Sokongan Penyusuan Susu Ibu Pahang (KUSSIP). All the data was analysed using SPSS Version 12.0. Results: In total, 82.1% of participants had moderate knowledge, 67.2% had good attitude and 80.6% had good practice towards breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy. The knowledge of BPC showed significant positive correlations with attitude score (r=0.659, p=0.001), knowledge and practice (r=0.480, p=0.001) and attitude of BPC towards practice score (r=0.643, p=0.001). Conclusion: This study reveals that majority of the BPC had moderate level of knowledge towards breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy. An improvement of knowledge on this issue is highly recommended as they will be the centre of information for mothers to prevent allergy among breastfed infants through knowledgeable BPC. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/8/74532%20poster.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/9/74532%20programme%20book.pdf Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada and Mohd. Shukri, Nor Azwani and Abdul Ghani, Radiah (2019) The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang. In: International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences, 20th-21st August 2019, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada Mohd. Shukri, Nor Azwani Abdul Ghani, Radiah The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang
description	It is estimated that 30 to 40% of children in Malaysia have allergies that also involved breastfed infants. Maternal diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding was found to be one of the factors that may lead to allergy reaction in infants. The increasing trends of allergy among infants leads to the question whether mothers have a sufficient knowledge. One of the sources of information is via breastfeeding peer counselor. Objective: This study aimed to identify knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy prevention among Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (BPC) in Pahang. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional questionnaire study carried out among 67 BPC with mean age 40.94±8.87 that live in Pahang. The convenient sampling method was used with the inclusion criteria will be among Kumpulan Sokongan Penyusuan Susu Ibu Pahang (KUSSIP). All the data was analysed using SPSS Version 12.0. Results: In total, 82.1% of participants had moderate knowledge, 67.2% had good attitude and 80.6% had good practice towards breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy. The knowledge of BPC showed significant positive correlations with attitude score (r=0.659, p=0.001), knowledge and practice (r=0.480, p=0.001) and attitude of BPC towards practice score (r=0.643, p=0.001). Conclusion: This study reveals that majority of the BPC had moderate level of knowledge towards breastfeeding, maternal diet and infant allergy. An improvement of knowledge on this issue is highly recommended as they will be the centre of information for mothers to prevent allergy among breastfed infants through knowledgeable BPC.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada Mohd. Shukri, Nor Azwani Abdul Ghani, Radiah
author_facet	Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada Mohd. Shukri, Nor Azwani Abdul Ghani, Radiah
author_sort	Mahasan, Ainun Syuhada
title	The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang
title_short	The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang
title_full	The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang
title_fullStr	The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in pahang
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/8/74532%20poster.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/74532/9/74532%20programme%20book.pdf
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The knowledge, attitude and practice of infant allergy prevention among breastfeeding peer counselor in Pahang

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