Timing of initiation of breastfeeding and its determinants at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF), breastfeeding within first hour after birth, is known to have major benefits for both the mother and newborn. EIBF rates, however, tends to vary between and within countries. This study set out to determine the prevalence of EIBF at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana, and to evaluate the determinants of EIBF and time to initiation of breastfeeding.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted at the KATH postnatal wards between August and October 2014. Three hundred and eighty-two mothers delivering at KATH were recruited and data on time to initiation of breastfeeding, antenatal, delivery and immediate postnatal periods were collected. Data analyses using both binary and ordinal logistic regressions

SUBMITTER: Boakye-Yiadom AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247238 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature