Initiation of breast-feeding practice and associated factors among mothers who have infants less than 12 months of age in Debre Tabor Town,North West Ethiopia, 2021: A multicenter community-based cross-sectional study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, P.O.BOX 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia;2. Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Nursing, College of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University, P.O.BOX 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia;3. Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, P.O.BOX 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia;4. Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, P.O.BOX 269, Debre Markos, Ethiopia;5. Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, P.O.BOX 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia;6. Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, P.O.BOX 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia;7. Departments of Epidemiology, College of Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, P.O.BOX 272, Bahrdar, Ethiopia;8. Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, P.O.BOX 272, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;9. Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gonder, P.O.BOX 196, Gonder, Ethiopia;10. Department of Health Systems and Policy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gonder, P.O.BOX 196, Gonder, Ethiopia;1. Department of Pediatrics, BC Children''s and Women''s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, BC Children''s and Women''s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;3. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi;4. Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Pediatrics, Blantyre, Malawi;5. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children''s and Women''s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;6. School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Department of Health Systems and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi;1. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;2. Newcastle University, United Kingdom;3. City, University of London, United Kingdom;1. Department of Neonatology, Clinical Research Development Center of Children''s Hospital, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran;2. Clinical Research Development Center of Children''s Hospital, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran;3. Fellowship of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;4. Student Research Committee, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran;1. Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK;2. Kings College Hospital and Eastman Dental Hospital, London, UK;3. Guy''s and St Thomas'' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK;4. Paediatric Dentistry and Evelina London Cleft Service, Guy''s and St Thomas'' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK;5. Faculty of Dentistry, Kings College London, UK |
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| Abstract: | Introductioninitiation of breastfeeding is crucial in preventing newborn deaths and influences childhood nutrition. There was limited updated evidence regarding early initiation of breast-feeding practice and associated factors among the target population in the study area.ObjectiveTo assess initiation of breastfeeding practice and its associated factors among mothers who have infants less than six months of age in, North West Ethiopia, 2020.MethodsThe Community based quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among 405 respondents in the stud area, then data would be entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 20 statistical packages. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model analysis would be done. Odds ratio with 95% confidence was computed to determine the level of significance-value less than 0.05 considered as significant.ResultThis study showed that 94.7% of mothers in Debre Tabor Town practiced initiation of breastfeeding for their infants within the Less Than 12 Months of age. In multivariable analysis I n f a n t S e x, Female [AOR (95% CI) = 0.068 (0.002, 1.659), and Age of Mother 20–24 years [AOR (95% CI) = 2.33 (0.030, 17.12)], 25–29 years ((AOR = 8.20 [(95% CI: 12.212, 22.189]), and 30–34 years (AOR = 4.48 [95% CI: 0.463, 15.478], Assists (Attend) during delivery, Doctor (AOR = 0.644 [95% CI: 0.041, 10.138]) and Encourage BF by religious father (AOR = 6.669 [(95% CI: 4.27, 8.895]) were remained significantly associated with the outcome variable with at 95% CI and P- value of <0.05.Conclusionand Recommendation: The prevalence of EIBF among mother-infant pairs of less than 12 months in debre tabor town, Northwest, Ethiopia, was found to be high as compared to national and global infant and young child feeding guidelines. However; it shows improvement as compared with some previous studies in Ethiopia. I n f a n t s e x, age of mother, assists during delivery, and encourage BF by religious father were factors associated with outcome in the stud area. |
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| Keywords: | Debre tabor Ethiopia Initiation breastfeeding Mothers |
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