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Department of community medicine celebrated “World Breast feeding day (august 2023 ) At “ARUNAI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL”

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), observed from August 1 to 7, aims to globally encourage breastfeeding and protect the health of the mother and baby in more than 170 countries to promote breastfeeding and improve infant health. The status of breastfeeding practices in India needs immediate attention as rate of initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth is 57% while exclusive breastfeeding rate remains about 58%. Hence, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) coordinates World Breastfeeding Week activities with the support of a network of individuals and organizations. The effort, which was initiated in 1992 by WHO and UNICEF is now recognized annually. World Breastfeeding Week 2023 is from Tuesday 1st August – Monday 7th August 2023. The theme set by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) for this year is:

“Enabling breastfeeding: making a difference for working parents.”

This year’s theme is important because:

  • Workplace challenges remain the most common reason for women to never breastfeed or to stop breastfeeding earlier than recommended.
  • Parents need adequate time and support to breastfeed. Parents with less than 3 months of maternity leave reported shorter breastfeeding duration than those with 3 or more months of leave
  • A workplace needs adequate breastfeeding facilities to become a breastfeeding-friendly workplace. Only 42 countries mandate workplace breastfeeding facilities.
  • Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding addresses inequalities that stand in the way of sustainable development

    • Arunai Medical College and Hospital with the support of our Dean, Dr. D. Gunasingh, Medical Superintendent, Dr. P. Kuppuraj and Dr. A. Balaji, Professor and Head of Community Medicine department celebrated the World breast feeding week in our college.

    Dr. A.Balaji, Dr. Laishram Sanjana (Assistant professor, Department of Community Medicine) in collaboration with the nursing faculties of Arunai Nursing College and Research Mrs. Suganya Sweetline (HOD, Pediatrics) and Mrs. Priyadharshini (Assistant Professor) conducted a model preliminary quiz on breastfeeding for the nursing final year students on July 24, 2023 at the nursing college. A total of 10 teams of nursing students with three in each team participated in the programme. A set of questionnaires consisting of 12 MCQs and three open questions were included in the Preliminary quiz Programme.

    Out of the 10 teams, four teams which scored highest marks were selected for participation in the final quiz programme. The following are the list of nursing students selected for the final quiz:-

    GROUPS GROUP–1 GROUP-2 GROUP-3 GROUP-4
    GROUPS NAME CINDRELLA GROUP MOTTU PATLU GROUP JEE BOOM BA GROUP SHINCHAN GROUP
    PARTICIPANTS NAME V. JAYASRI IV YR B.SC (N) K. ABINAYA IV YR B.SC (N) K.KAVIYA IV YR B.SC (N) R. MONISHA IV YR B.SC (N)
    PARTICIPANTS NAME S. SOWMIYA IV YR B.SC (N) N.K. KAVIYA IV YR B.SC (N) P. LATHA IV YR B.SC (N) R. ROSI IV YR B.SC (N)
    PARTICIPANTS NAME S.PARVEEN BANU IV YR B.SC (N) MAGESWARI.D IV YR B.SC (N) K.E. SNEHA IV YR B.SC (N) M. ISHWARYA IV YR B.SC (N)

    Preliminary quiz program on world breastfeeding week celebration

    Final quiz programme on “World Breastfeeding week celebration, 2023”

    Following the preliminary round, the main quiz competition was conducted on July 28, 2023 in the Lecture Hall of Arunai Medical College and Hospital at 11 a.m. Our quiz master, Dr.L. Sanjana (Assistant professor, Department of Community Medicine) in the presence of our Dean and other faculties conducted the quiz program. Four teams of students (Team A, Team B, Team C and Team D), each consisting of three members participated in the quiz competition.

    Team A: V.JAYASRI, S.SOWMIYA, S.PARVEEN BANU

    Team B: K.ABINAYA, N.K.KAVIYA, D.MAGESHWARI

    Team C: K.KAVIYA, P.LATHA, K.E.SNEHA,

    Team D: R.MONISHA, R.ROSI, M.ISHWARYA.

    The entire competition consisted of four rounds

    Round 1: Multiple choice questions

    Round 2: Visual round

    Round 3: world of Acronym

    Round 4: Visual round

    For every round each correct answer was given 10 marks (to be answered in 30 seconds) and an additional 5 marks for answering any passed question (to be answered in 10 seconds).

    Audience questions were also projected in between each round where the audience was given opportunity to answer the questions.

    The rules and regulations to be followed by all the participants in each round were explained and projected in power point by the quiz master. The scorer Ms. R.Thirumagal (Biostatistician) tallied the marks.

    Scores of each team and the final winner of the quiz were announced as decided by the quiz master. Team B: K.ABINAYA, N.K.KAVIYA, D.MAGESHWARI was the winner of the competition and team D was the runner up. Certificate of participants were distributed to all the participants & prizes for the winning teams were distributed on 2nd August 2023.

    Round 1: Multiple choice questions

    Round 2 and 4: Visual round

    Round 3: World of Acronym

    AUDIENCE QUESTIONS

    Prize distribution ceremony