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Background:WHO has developed an indicator to measure exclusive breastfeeding using 24 hoursrecall. This single day indicator doesn't capture the usual feeding history which may lead to exaggeration of exclusive breastfeeding rateand misclassification of infants as being exclusively breastfed where infact the infant is not. This indicates the need to look for an indicator which could provide better information on the actual breastfeeding practice. Objective:To assess the validity ofweek recall in estimating exclusive breast feeding rate when compared to cumulative result of14repeated 24 hour recall among infants less than 6 months of age in Butajira, Ethiopia. Method: Community based cross sectional study was conducted among 408 mother infant pair less than 6 months of age in ButajiraHDSS. Data on Exclusive breastfeeding practice was collected using 24 hour recall, and short period recalls for 14 consecutive days. Short period recalls was conducted starting from the second day to the last day of interview. During short period recall interview, mother was asked to recall 48 hour feeding practice, 72 hour feeding practice, 96 hour feeding practice and so on until the last day of interview. Data was entered by using Epi data software version 3.2 and exported to STATA for analysis. Estimation of the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was done using the methods. McNemar test was done to assess if there was significant difference in EBF rate between the methods. P-value of |
