Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Introduction of Complementary foods in Rural Egyptian Communities
| Autor: | El Shafei Am, Labib |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent breastfeeding Cross-sectional study Population Breastfeeding Developing country Weaning Logistic regression complementary feeding rural Egypt Young Adult Humans Medicine education education.field_of_study Pregnancy business.industry Age Factors Infant Newborn Infant Prenatal Care Articles General Medicine medicine.disease Health Surveys Breast Feeding Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors exclusive breastfeeding Egypt Female Health education Rural area business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Global Journal of Health Science |
| ISSN: | 1916-9744 1916-9736 |
| DOI: | 10.5539/gjhs.v6n4p236 |
| Popis: | Background: Determinants of breastfeeding (BF) exclusivity at a rural Egyptian setting are largely unknown. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess BF indicators, specifically exclusivity and the timely complementary feeding while assessing potential determinants that affect exclusivity of BF among a sample of mothers inhabiting Egyptian rural communities. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of four months with inclusion of 1000 eligible women having infants aged less than two years through a multi-stage random sampling method. Personal interview, using structured questionnaire, to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics, antenatal care services, women’s lactation practices, complementary feeding practices and knowledge about BF. Results: All the included mothers had breastfed their infants, and 32.4% of them initiated BF within the first hour of life and 29.9% exclusively breastfed their infants for 6 months after birth. Complementary feeding was introduced for children aged 6-9 months in 63.6% of them. Bivariate analysis showed that factors favoring exclusive BF were age of the mother ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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