Prelacteal feeding practice and its determinant factors among mothers having children less than 6 months of age in Bure district, Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The main aim of this study was to assess prelacteal feeding practice and its determinant factors among mothers having children less than 6 months of age in Bure district, Northwest Ethiopia.

Design

Community-based cross-sectional study design.

Setting

Northern Ethiopia.

Participants

The present study was conducted among 621 mothers who had children less than 6 months of age in Bure district, Northwest Ethiopia, from 1 March 2019 to 30 March 2019.

Primary outcome

Mothers prelacteal feeding practice, modelled using multivariable logistic regression.

Secondary outcome

Determinant factors of prelacteal feeding practice.

Results

This study found that the prevalence of prelacteal feeding practice was 11.6% ((95% CI 9.0% to 14.2%)). Dela

SUBMITTER: Mose A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature