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An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon
The aim of this study was to assess maternal breastfeeding practices of children aged 0 to 24 months in Momo Division. It was also to identify the maternal sources of breastfeeding information and determine their impact on maternal breastfeeding decision in this division. Structured interviewer ques...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32994969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1808 |
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author | Nwachan Mirabelle, Boh Ejoh Richard, Aba |
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description | The aim of this study was to assess maternal breastfeeding practices of children aged 0 to 24 months in Momo Division. It was also to identify the maternal sources of breastfeeding information and determine their impact on maternal breastfeeding decision in this division. Structured interviewer questionnaires were administered to 540 mothers. Among the 540 children included in the study, 77% of them received no prelacteal foods. Despite the fact that 47% of mothers initiated breastfeeding early, only 38% exclusively breastfed their infants for 6 months. Complementary feeding was introduced before the age of 6 months (59.5%). Few infants (2.4%) received complementary feeding later than 6 months. Only 3.1% of the children were breastfed up to two years or beyond. The most common source of breastfeeding information for the mothers is from the family, friends, and neighbors but information from healthcare professionals had the most influential effect on maternal breastfeeding decision. Although a few mothers in Momo Division followed the recommended breastfeeding practices, the breastfeeding practices in this division are generally suboptimal. |
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spelling | pubmed-75007712020-09-28 An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon Nwachan Mirabelle, Boh Ejoh Richard, Aba Food Sci Nutr Original Research The aim of this study was to assess maternal breastfeeding practices of children aged 0 to 24 months in Momo Division. It was also to identify the maternal sources of breastfeeding information and determine their impact on maternal breastfeeding decision in this division. Structured interviewer questionnaires were administered to 540 mothers. Among the 540 children included in the study, 77% of them received no prelacteal foods. Despite the fact that 47% of mothers initiated breastfeeding early, only 38% exclusively breastfed their infants for 6 months. Complementary feeding was introduced before the age of 6 months (59.5%). Few infants (2.4%) received complementary feeding later than 6 months. Only 3.1% of the children were breastfed up to two years or beyond. The most common source of breastfeeding information for the mothers is from the family, friends, and neighbors but information from healthcare professionals had the most influential effect on maternal breastfeeding decision. Although a few mothers in Momo Division followed the recommended breastfeeding practices, the breastfeeding practices in this division are generally suboptimal. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7500771/ /pubmed/32994969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1808 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Food Science & Nutrition published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Nwachan Mirabelle, Boh Ejoh Richard, Aba An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon |
title | An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon |
title_full | An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon |
title_fullStr | An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon |
title_full_unstemmed | An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon |
title_short | An assessment of the breastfeeding practices in Momo division, North West region of Cameroon |
title_sort | assessment of the breastfeeding practices in momo division, north west region of cameroon |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32994969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.1808 |
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