Belachew Amare, Tewabe Tilahun, Asmare Adino, Hirpo Desta, Zeleke Banchialem, Muche Desalegn
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2018 Oct 29;11(1):768. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3877-5.
Breast milk provides all the energy and nutrients that the infant needs for the first 6 months of life. Suboptimal breastfeeding especially lacks exclusive breastfeeding increase risk of severe acute malnutrition by 3.2-fold and major contributory factor for infant child mortality. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice and associated factors among mothers having infants less than 6 months old in Bahir Dar city, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2017.
The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice 1 day before the survey was 86.4%. Mothers who; have young infant aged 0-1 month old [AOR = 5.702 (1.747, 18.613)], house wife [AOR = 2.995 (1.557, 5.690)] and are not influenced by culture [AOR = 11 (3.449, 35.165)] were more likely to practice exclusive breastfeeding than their counterparts.
母乳提供了婴儿出生后头6个月所需的全部能量和营养。母乳喂养不充分,尤其是缺乏纯母乳喂养,会使严重急性营养不良的风险增加3.2倍,是婴幼儿死亡的主要促成因素。因此,本研究的目的是评估2017年埃塞俄比亚西北部巴赫达尔市6个月以下婴儿母亲的纯母乳喂养率及相关因素。
调查前1天的纯母乳喂养率为86.4%。与同行相比,有0至1个月大的婴儿[AOR = 5.702(1.747, 18.613)]、家庭主妇[AOR = 2.995(1.557, 5.690)]且不受文化影响[AOR = 11(3.449, 35.165)]的母亲更有可能进行纯母乳喂养。