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Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda
Breastfeeding practices in Uganda are contrary to the best practice recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). Only six in 10 Ugandan children below the age of six months are exclusively breastfed. This paper investigated the determinants of breastfeeding practices in Uganda. Using the Uganda D...
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25076662 |
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description | Breastfeeding practices in Uganda are contrary to the best practice recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). Only six in 10 Ugandan children below the age of six months are exclusively breastfed. This paper investigated the determinants of breastfeeding practices in Uganda. Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) of 2006, we employed probit and Cox's regression techniques as well as the Kaplan-Meier survival functions during the analysis. On average, 56% and 46% initiated breastfeeding in the first hour and practised exclusive breastfeeding respectively while 25%, 50%, and 75% terminated breastfeeding at 18, 24, and 26 months respectively. The mean number of months of breastfeeding was 14.1, and the maximum was 40. Hospital delivery increased the probability of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding by 4-5% (p<0.01) and 7-8% (p<0.01) respectively. Prenatal care increased the probability of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding by 6-7% (p<0.05) and 5-7% (p<0.05) respectively. Birth intervals less than 24 months increased the risk of early termination of breastfeeding by 19% (p<0.01). Hospital delivery and prenatal care should be made a priority, and mothers should be encouraged to adopt higher birth intervals. |
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spelling | pubmed-42169612014-11-10 Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda Bbaale, Edward J Health Popul Nutr Original Papers Breastfeeding practices in Uganda are contrary to the best practice recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). Only six in 10 Ugandan children below the age of six months are exclusively breastfed. This paper investigated the determinants of breastfeeding practices in Uganda. Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) of 2006, we employed probit and Cox's regression techniques as well as the Kaplan-Meier survival functions during the analysis. On average, 56% and 46% initiated breastfeeding in the first hour and practised exclusive breastfeeding respectively while 25%, 50%, and 75% terminated breastfeeding at 18, 24, and 26 months respectively. The mean number of months of breastfeeding was 14.1, and the maximum was 40. Hospital delivery increased the probability of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding by 4-5% (p<0.01) and 7-8% (p<0.01) respectively. Prenatal care increased the probability of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding by 6-7% (p<0.05) and 5-7% (p<0.05) respectively. Birth intervals less than 24 months increased the risk of early termination of breastfeeding by 19% (p<0.01). Hospital delivery and prenatal care should be made a priority, and mothers should be encouraged to adopt higher birth intervals. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2014-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4216961/ /pubmed/25076662 Text en © INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Papers Bbaale, Edward Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda |
title | Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda |
title_full | Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda |
title_fullStr | Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda |
title_short | Determinants of Early Initiation, Exclusiveness, and Duration of Breastfeeding in Uganda |
title_sort | determinants of early initiation, exclusiveness, and duration of breastfeeding in uganda |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25076662 |
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