Exclusive Breast Feeding and Its Associated Factors Among Mothers of <12 Months Old Child in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Exclusive Breast Feeding and Its Associated Factors Among Mothers of <12 Months Old Child in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Exclusive breast-feeding is the practice of feeding breast milk during the first 6 months and no other liquids and solid foods except medications. Despite its demonstrated benefits, exclusive breast-feeding practice in many countries including Ethiopia is lower than the international recommendation....

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics medicine and therapeutics, 2020-01, Vol.11, p.145-152
Hauptverfasser: Mulatu Dibisa, Teshale, Sintayehu, Yitagesu
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Babies
Births
breast-feeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Children & youth
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
exclusive breast-feeding
Food
harar
Households
Interviews
Mortality
Mothers
Original Research
practice
Response rates
Studies
Variables
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Zusammenfassung:Exclusive breast-feeding is the practice of feeding breast milk during the first 6 months and no other liquids and solid foods except medications. Despite its demonstrated benefits, exclusive breast-feeding practice in many countries including Ethiopia is lower than the international recommendation. However, studies about exclusive breast-feeding in the study area are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to fill this gap. Community-based cross-sectional study was employed. A cluster sampling method was used to select 577 women who had a child aged
ISSN:1179-9927
1179-9927
DOI:10.2147/PHMT.S253974