Correlates of the Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Rupandehi District, Nepal
| Autor: | Salila Gautam, Dilaram Acharya, Seok-Ju Yoo, Radha Subedi, Jitendra Singh, Kwan Lee |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
030109 nutrition & dietetics Young child business.industry Confounding lcsh:RJ1-570 lcsh:Pediatrics correlates Micronutrient Logistic regression Article complementary feeding Maternal education 03 medical and health sciences Birth order 0302 clinical medicine Nepal timely initiation Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Maternal occupation 030212 general & internal medicine business Male gender Demography |
| Zdroj: | Children Volume 5 Issue 8 Children, Vol 5, Iss 8, p 106 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2227-9067 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/children5080106 |
| Popis: | Although the predictors of the timely initiation of complementary feeding are well-known elsewhere, there is less awareness of the topic in Nepal. The current study was undertaken to identify the correlates of timely initiation of complementary feeding among children aged 6&ndash 23 months. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Rupandehi district, Nepal. A total of 155 mother-child pairs were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Logistic regression with adjustment for potential confounders was employed to examine the independent association between risk factors and the timely initiation of complementary feeding. Fewer than 3 in 5 children aged 6&ndash 23 months received complementary feeding at the recommended time. Literate mothers and a maternal occupation in the service or business sectors were found to be associated with complementary feeding at 6 months. In addition, child characteristics such as birth order, male children, and those fed micronutrients were also more likely to have been received complementary feeding at 6 months than their counterparts. Maternal education and occupation, and child characteristics such as, birth order, male gender, and micronutrient consumption, which are correlates of the timely initiation of complementary feeding, suggest that the Nepalese Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programme should target these predictors while designing preventive strategies. |
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