Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exclusive breastfeeding is a public health priority in sub-Saharan Africa. However, systematic reviews on its determinants in Ghana remain scarce. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in children 0-6 months in Ghana.

Methods

We conducted systematic searches in Embase, Medline, and Africa-Wide Information from the databases' inception until February 2021 for studies that assessed the prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in children 0-6 months in Ghana. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and narrative synthesis to summarise the determinants. We calculated the proportion of total variability that was due to between study hetero

SUBMITTER: Mohammed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199593 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature