How are newborns fed in their first day of life in Morocco? a survey

Abstract

Breastfeeding is recommended as the best feeding for a newborn. Benefits on both the mother and the newborn health has been clearly established [1]. We conducted a study which aims to evaluate the mother's knowledge and practices of newborns feeding. This cross-sectional study was carried out between the 1^st of January 2019 and the 31^st of December 2019. It included 1000 mother newborn couples who consulted Rabat´s pediatric emergencies department during the study period. They had to fill out an anonymous survey, and be discharged at the end of the consultation without transfer to the neonatology department in order to be included in our study. This survey allowed collecting data, concerning: socio economic and demographic profile of mothers; characteristic of pregnancy and childbirth; feeding patterns and their reasons; mother's sources of information. Thus, mean age of the mothers was 29 years old.