Breast-feeding in Sarawak
1980
Koh, Tieh Hee Hai Guan
A total of 87 urbanised Chinese mothers in Sarawak who attended two maternal child health clinics were interviewed regarding their breast feeding practices. Traditionally, the Chinese mother is confined to the house for 30 days after delivery, during which time she consumes rice, whole chickens, and pig's intestines; she avoids seafood, sour fruits and vegetables. Despite the seclusion of mother and child, only 67% breast fed and only 25% and 10% breast fed for more than one month and three months respectively. Fewer working mothers (31%) than unemployed mothers (67%) breast-fed, and 60% of the infants were taking fluids other than human milk by the first month of life. Sarawak has no active, coordinated efforts to encourage breast feeding, and infant formulas are widely promoted.
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