Time to Initiate Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors Among Mothers with Children Aged 6-24 months in Tahtay Maichew District, Northern Ethiopia

Overview

Journal BMC Res Notes

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2019 Jan 16

PMID 30642371

Citations 9

Authors

Ermyas Brhane Reda

Alemayehu Shimeka Teferra

Measho Gebreslassie Gebregziabher

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Abstract

Objective: In Ethiopia, only 51% of the infants start complementary feeding on time. Therefore this study is aimed to determine the time to initiate complementary feeding and associated factors among mothers with children aged 6-24 months in Tahtay Maichew district, northern Ethiopia. A retrospective follow up study was conducted among 639 mothers who had children aged 6-24 months. Bi-variable and multi-variable Cox regressions were conducted and statistical significance was declared at P-value < 0.05 and 95% confidence level.

Results: The median age for the initiation into complementary feeding was 6.00 months. Being government employee [AHR = 1.67, 95% CI 1.10-2.53], having educated husband [AHR = 2.08, 95% CI 1.22-3.86], birth preparedness [AHR = 3.74, 95% CI 1.49-9.94], growth monitoring [AHR = 5.79, 95% CI 2.60-12.88], ability to know exact time to introduce complementary feeding [AHR = 4.93, 95% CI 1.94-12.50], and paternal support [AHR = 4.99, 95% CI 2.02-12.34] were significantly associated with the time to initiate into complementary feeding. Therefore, establishing breast feeding centres at work place and extending maternity leave for reasonable months are important to improve timely initiation into complementary feeding.

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