Infants and young children feeding practice and associated factors among HIV positive mothers of children 0–23 months in health centers of Gulele sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Autor: Samuel Negash, Firehiwot Mesfin, Gudina Egata
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Research Notes, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4729-7
Popis: Abstract Objective A health facility based cross sectional study design was conducted among 358 randomly selected HIV positive mothers attending at four health centers from February 1 to 28, 2018. Magnitude of HIV positive mothers’ child feeding practice and associated factors was assessed according to WHO recommendation. Data were collected using structured pretested questionnaire and entered into EPI data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 20 computer software for analysis. Result The magnitude of recommended way of infant feeding practice among HIV positive mothers attending public health centers in Gulele sub-city is 37.4%, 95% CI (32.26–42.67). Statistically significant correlates of HIV exposed infant feeding practice of mothers in this study were knowledge of mother on HIV exposed infant feeding practice (AOR = 1.80 (95% CI 1.04–3.01)), head of family being father (AOR = 0.17 (95% CI 0.03–0.87)), having family (relatives) support (AOR = 2.05 (95% CI 1.00–4.18)) and information on HIV exposed infant feeding, practice (AOR = 1.77 (95% CI 1.07–2.93)).
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