Geographical equity in Ethiopian infant feeding practices: a secondary analysis of a birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the geographical equity in Ethiopian infants' exclusive breastfeeding at 5 months and dietary diversity at 12 months and whether social factors explained the spatial inequities.

Design

Secondary analysis of a birth cohort study.

Setting

Analysis of data from the Ethiopian Performance Monitoring for Action panel study conducted from July 2020 to August 2021 in five regions (ie, Oromia, Amhara, Afar and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples regions and the Addis Ababa City administration). We analysed geographical autocorrelation to assess geographical variations in exclusive breastfeeding and dietary diversity. Areas with higher and lower coverage of appropriate infant feeding outcomes were analysed using hotspot analyses. We performed geogra

SUBMITTER: Tariku A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749732 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature