Reactions of Trainee Health Personnel to Home-based Use of Expressed Breast-milk.
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Summary: The attitudes and knowledge of final year medical students, final year nursing students and Community Health Officers-in-training concerning exclusive breast-feeding and home-based use and preservation of Expressed Breast-milk (EBM), was determined by means of a question naire. There were appreciable misconceptions and fears about breast-feeding and about the use and storage of EBM. Nurses were the most reluctant to advise mothers on the use of EBM for various reasons and up to 25% of the medical students would advise a woman not to breast-feed for cosmetic reasons. The study has highlighted the need for better training of health personnel on infant feeding.
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