The effect of colostrum on infant mortality: Urban rural differentials
Singh, K.; Srivastava, P.
Health and Population Perspectives and Issues 15(3-4): 94-100
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-6803 Document Number: 625821
The study investigates the association between use and knowledge of colostrum on neonatal and post-neonatal deaths. Data from a 1987 survey, conducted under the auspices of the Centre of Population Studies, Banaras Hindu University, India, were used. It has been found that the neonatal and post-neonatal deaths were very low, for females familiar with the importance of colostrum and feeding in than for those who did not know about colostrum and were also not breast-feeding. Findings also revealed that there was no effect of social status on the use and knowledge of colostrum but at the same time a highly significant effect of residence was found on the use and knowledge of colostrum.