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Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after childbirth. In developing countries alone, early initiation of breastfeeding could save as many as 1.45 million lives each year by reducing deaths mainly due to diarrheal disorders and lower...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26489955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2420-z |
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author | Hailemariam, Tsedeke Wolde Adeba, Emiru Sufa, Alem |
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description | BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after childbirth. In developing countries alone, early initiation of breastfeeding could save as many as 1.45 million lives each year by reducing deaths mainly due to diarrheal disorders and lower respiratory tract infections in children. The current study aimed to determine the rate and the predictors of breastfeeding initiation in East Wollega Zones of West Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2014 among 594 mothers who had children less than 24 months. Multi stage cluster sampling method was used to select the study population. Eligible mothers were invited to interview using pretested questionnaires to gather data regarding sociodemographics, health-related variables, breastfeeding initiation, and current breastfeeding practices. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of early initiation of breastfeeding after controlling for confounding variables. RESULTS: A sample of 593 mothers was included in the study. Breastfeeding was initiated by 83.1 % of mothers within the first hour of childbirth. Being a housewife (AOR (95 % CI) = 2.48 (1.54- 3.99)) and infant received colostrum (AOR (95 % CI) =2.22 (1.08-4.55)) were significant positive predictors for early breastfeeding initiation as revealed by logistic regression. The multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that the mothers who had no radio and/or TV in the household (AOR (95 % CI = 0.55 (0.35-0.88)), were not exposure to health information (AOR (95 % CI) = 0.44 (0.25-0.75)), and infants were provided with prelacteal feeds (AOR (95 % CI)=0.30 (0.14-0.65)) were less likely to initiate breastfeeding. CONCLUSIONS: The rate of timely initiation of breastfeeding was high. Breastfeeding promotion program is essential to encourage the practice of timely initiation of breastfeeding, and reduce the practice of providing prelacteal feeds within three days of life. Thus appropriate health information is vital to boost early initiation of breastfeeding. |
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spelling | pubmed-46189492015-10-25 Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia Hailemariam, Tsedeke Wolde Adeba, Emiru Sufa, Alem BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after childbirth. In developing countries alone, early initiation of breastfeeding could save as many as 1.45 million lives each year by reducing deaths mainly due to diarrheal disorders and lower respiratory tract infections in children. The current study aimed to determine the rate and the predictors of breastfeeding initiation in East Wollega Zones of West Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2014 among 594 mothers who had children less than 24 months. Multi stage cluster sampling method was used to select the study population. Eligible mothers were invited to interview using pretested questionnaires to gather data regarding sociodemographics, health-related variables, breastfeeding initiation, and current breastfeeding practices. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of early initiation of breastfeeding after controlling for confounding variables. RESULTS: A sample of 593 mothers was included in the study. Breastfeeding was initiated by 83.1 % of mothers within the first hour of childbirth. Being a housewife (AOR (95 % CI) = 2.48 (1.54- 3.99)) and infant received colostrum (AOR (95 % CI) =2.22 (1.08-4.55)) were significant positive predictors for early breastfeeding initiation as revealed by logistic regression. The multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that the mothers who had no radio and/or TV in the household (AOR (95 % CI = 0.55 (0.35-0.88)), were not exposure to health information (AOR (95 % CI) = 0.44 (0.25-0.75)), and infants were provided with prelacteal feeds (AOR (95 % CI)=0.30 (0.14-0.65)) were less likely to initiate breastfeeding. CONCLUSIONS: The rate of timely initiation of breastfeeding was high. Breastfeeding promotion program is essential to encourage the practice of timely initiation of breastfeeding, and reduce the practice of providing prelacteal feeds within three days of life. Thus appropriate health information is vital to boost early initiation of breastfeeding. BioMed Central 2015-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4618949/ /pubmed/26489955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2420-z Text en © Hailemariam et al. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hailemariam, Tsedeke Wolde Adeba, Emiru Sufa, Alem Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia |
title | Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia |
title_full | Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia |
title_short | Predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of West Ethiopia |
title_sort | predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers of children under 24 months of age in rural part of west ethiopia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26489955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2420-z |
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