Board research at the College of Medicine, University of Basrah discussed the knowledge, behavior, and practice of mothers of childbearing age towards breastfeeding in the city of Basrah. The research presented by the student Shaima Abdel-Khaleq Abdel-Jabbar aims to assess the information, behavior, and practice of mothers about breastfeeding and to determine the relationship between information, behavior and practice and some demographic characteristics of mothers. The research revealed that the common source of information for mothers about breastfeeding was from families, and that more than fifty percent of mothers in each knowledge-related question answered the questions correctly, except for the questions related to the definition of exclusive breastfeeding, and whether pregnant women can safely breastfeed their children. And whether breastfeeding can protect the mother from another pregnancy, these questions were answered correctly by the mothers by less than fifty percent, with a statistically significant association between knowledge, age and profession of mothers and the educational achievement of mothers and fathers. The research concluded that there is a statistically relevant correlation between the practice and between the age of the mothers and the type of childbirth, where the practice of mothers who are more than 20 years old and give birth to their last child naturally is better than the practice of younger mothers whose last child was delivered by caesarean section.
