Assefa Dawit Getachew, Woldesenbet Tigist Tekle, Molla Wondowsen, Zeleke Eden Dagnachew, Simie Timsel Girma
College of Health Sciences, Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Department of Nursing, College of Health Science and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
Arch Public Health. 2021 Sep 26;79(1):170. doi: 10.1186/s13690-021-00690-5.
Through the health extension package, Ethiopia had practiced infant and young child feeding. However, infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practice has been poor. Hence, in this study, the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the mothers/caregivers on infant and young child feeding were assessed.
A cross-sectional study was carried out among 486 mothers/caregivers from Assosa Districts in the Assosa Zone of Benshangul Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia. A semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used. To isolate independent predictors for good knowledge, good practice, and favorable attitude of the mothers/caregivers related to child feeding, multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed.
Out of 486 study participants, 456 (93.8 %) of mothers had good knowledge, 432 (88.9 %) had a positive attitude, and 380 (78.2 %) mothers had good practice of IYCF practice recommendations. Furthermore, age of mothers, educational status of the mother, place of delivery, father's educational status, father's involvement & support, previous knowledge about IYCF, discussion with their husband about IYCF, and ANC follows up were significantly associated with mother's knowledge on IYCF recommendation.
Overall mothers had good knowledge and a positive attitude about IYCF practices. To support IYCF practices, behavior change communications intervention strategies should be introduced in mothers to bridge the gap between knowledge and practices.
通过健康推广包，埃塞俄比亚开展了婴幼儿喂养工作。然而，婴幼儿喂养实践情况较差。因此，在本研究中，对母亲/照料者在婴幼儿喂养方面的知识、态度和实践情况进行了评估。
在埃塞俄比亚西部本尚古勒-古穆兹地区阿索萨区的阿索萨县，对486名母亲/照料者进行了一项横断面研究。使用了一份由访谈员管理的半结构化问卷。为了找出与儿童喂养相关的母亲/照料者具备良好知识、良好实践和积极态度的独立预测因素，进行了多变量逻辑回归分析。
在486名研究参与者中，456名（93.8%）母亲具备良好知识，432名（88.9%）态度积极，380名（78.2%）母亲在婴幼儿喂养实践建议方面实践良好。此外，母亲的年龄、母亲的教育程度、分娩地点、父亲的教育程度、父亲的参与和支持、以前关于婴幼儿喂养的知识、与丈夫关于婴幼儿喂养的讨论以及产前保健随访与母亲对婴幼儿喂养建议的知识显著相关。
总体而言，母亲们在婴幼儿喂养实践方面具备良好知识和积极态度。为了支持婴幼儿喂养实践，应向母亲们引入行为改变沟通干预策略，以弥合知识与实践之间的差距。
