Complementary feeding practice and associated factors among internally displaced mothers of children aged 6-23 months in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internally displaced populations are susceptible to food deprivation. Specifically, children aged 6-23 are commonly vulnerable to poor complementary feeding. Proper complementary feeding is of paramount importance to the healthy growth and survival of a children. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among internally displaced children aged 6-23 months in northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from June to July 2020 among 264 internally displaced mothers of children 6-23 months in northwest Ethiopia. A systematic random sampling technique was used to reach the study subjects and data were collected using a structured and pre-tested inter

SUBMITTER: Yeshaneh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8686606 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature