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The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess nutritional practice and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017. DESIGN AND SETTING: A community-based cross-sectional study design supplemented with qualitative research was conducted at...

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Autores principales: Tessema, Demissie Gelaw, Girma, Eshetu, Mekonnen, Tefera Chane, Mebratu, Wondwosen
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32161505
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S234398
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author Tessema, Demissie Gelaw
Girma, Eshetu
Mekonnen, Tefera Chane
Mebratu, Wondwosen
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Girma, Eshetu
Mekonnen, Tefera Chane
Mebratu, Wondwosen
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description OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess nutritional practice and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017. DESIGN AND SETTING: A community-based cross-sectional study design supplemented with qualitative research was conducted at Kombolcha Town from October 23 to November 10, 2017. A systematic sampling technique was used to select the study participants from listed households and purposive sampling was used for the qualitative inquiry. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 425 lactating mothers were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23. For the qualitative data, thematic content analysis was used. Multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between nutritional practice with independent variables. THE RESULTS: Lactating mothers who had good nutritional practice and knowledge were 28.7% (95% CI: 24.9%, 33.5%) and 52.0% (95% CI: 47.1%, 57.6%) respectively. This study revealed that government-employed mothers (AOR=6.0, 95% CI: 1.953, 18.485) and mothers with good nutritional knowledge (AOR=3.12, 95% CI: 1.832, 5.318) had statistically significant associations with nutritional practices of lactating mothers. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The nutritional practices and knowledge of lactating mothers were low in the study area. The mother’s occupation and nutritional knowledge were significantly associated with nutritional practice. Hence, the provision of maternal nutritional education regarding a healthy diet, and timely and regular dissemination of nutritional information were recommended.
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spelling pubmed-70518942020-03-11 The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design Tessema, Demissie Gelaw Girma, Eshetu Mekonnen, Tefera Chane Mebratu, Wondwosen Int J Womens Health Original Research OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to assess nutritional practice and its associated factors among lactating mothers in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017. DESIGN AND SETTING: A community-based cross-sectional study design supplemented with qualitative research was conducted at Kombolcha Town from October 23 to November 10, 2017. A systematic sampling technique was used to select the study participants from listed households and purposive sampling was used for the qualitative inquiry. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 425 lactating mothers were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23. For the qualitative data, thematic content analysis was used. Multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between nutritional practice with independent variables. THE RESULTS: Lactating mothers who had good nutritional practice and knowledge were 28.7% (95% CI: 24.9%, 33.5%) and 52.0% (95% CI: 47.1%, 57.6%) respectively. This study revealed that government-employed mothers (AOR=6.0, 95% CI: 1.953, 18.485) and mothers with good nutritional knowledge (AOR=3.12, 95% CI: 1.832, 5.318) had statistically significant associations with nutritional practices of lactating mothers. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The nutritional practices and knowledge of lactating mothers were low in the study area. The mother’s occupation and nutritional knowledge were significantly associated with nutritional practice. Hence, the provision of maternal nutritional education regarding a healthy diet, and timely and regular dissemination of nutritional information were recommended. Dove 2020-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7051894/ /pubmed/32161505 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S234398 Text en © 2020 Tessema et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Girma, Eshetu
Mekonnen, Tefera Chane
Mebratu, Wondwosen
The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design
title The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design
title_full The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design
title_fullStr The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design
title_full_unstemmed The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design
title_short The Extent of Maternal Nutritional Knowledge and Practice During Lactation in Kombolcha Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study Design
title_sort extent of maternal nutritional knowledge and practice during lactation in kombolcha town, south wollo zone, ethiopia: a mixed study design
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7051894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32161505
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S234398
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