Is Infant birth weight and mothers perceived birth size associated with the practice of exclusive breastfeeding in Ghana?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite widespread advocacy for exclusive breastfeeding, and the associated benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for both infants and mothers, there is low prevalence in both developed and developing countries. Additionally, although several studies have been conducted on exclusive breastfeeding, very few of such studies have linked birth weight and birth size to exclusive breastfeeding. This study seeks to examine the influence of birth weight and birth size on exclusive breastfeeding.

Methodology

This study adopted a sequential explanatory mixed method approach using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative approach used cross-sectional data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) and the qualitative data from interviews with

SUBMITTER: Agyekum MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9070922 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature