International Medical Corpus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Academicians and Researcher at School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
J Pediatr Nurs. 2022 Nov-Dec;67:e106-e112. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.08.021. Epub 2022 Sep 15.
Optimal complementary feeding practice is a child feeding practice that fulfills the minimum dietary diversity, the minimum meal frequency, continuing breastfeeding with complementary feeding, and initiation of complementary feeding from 6 to 8 months.
A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 732 randomly selected mothers having children 6 to 23 months of age from March 10 to April 21 /2021.Data were collected using a pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data entry was performed by using Epi data version 3.1 and was exported to Stata version 14.1. Descriptive statistics were done. Multivariable Logistic regression was used to predict the role of independent variables on optimal complementary feeding. Findings with a p-value <0.05 at a 95% confidence interval (CI) were considered statistically significant in the final model.
The overall proportion of mothers with optimal complementary feeding practice was 18.1% (95% C I 15.3% - 21.0). Only 90 (25.1%, 95% CI = 20.6-29.7) of mothers were found to have optimal complementary feeding practice in NGO supported kebeles but only 37 (10.8%, 95% CI = 7.5-14.1) practiced optimal complementary feeding is not NGO-supported kebeles. Mothers from Kebeles with no NGO support were 46% (AOR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.31, 0.96) less likely to practice optimal complementary feeding. On the other hand, mothers of children aged20-23 months were four times (AOR = 4.47, 95% CI 2.02-9.91) more likely to practice optimal complementary feeding than mothers having children 6-8 months of age.
Different interventions have been implemented by governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve this condition in Dessie Zuria District. But, there is limited data on the extent to which intervention by governmental and non-governmental organizations reduces this improving condition. The aim of this study was to assess the Optimal Complementary Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers Having Children Aged 6-23 Months, Ethiopia 2021.
Optimal complementary feeding practices among mothers in NGO-supported kebeles were higher than not supported kebeles. Therefore, strengthening and scaling up the program to not-supported kebeles is recommended to improve the optimal complementary feeding practiced.
最佳补充喂养实践是一种喂养方式，满足最低饮食多样性、最低用餐频率、持续母乳喂养和从 6 至 8 个月开始补充喂养。
这是一项基于社区的对比性横断面研究，于 2021 年 3 月 10 日至 4 月 21 日期间，总共对 732 名随机选择的 6 至 23 个月大的儿童母亲进行了研究。使用经过预测试的访谈者管理问卷收集数据。数据录入使用 EpiData 版本 3.1，并输出到 Stata 版本 14.1。进行描述性统计。使用多变量逻辑回归预测独立变量对最佳补充喂养的作用。置信区间为 95%（CI）的 p 值<0.05 的结果被认为在最终模型中具有统计学意义。
具有最佳补充喂养实践的母亲比例总体为 18.1%（95%CI 15.3%至 21.0%）。只有 90 名（25.1%，95%CI=20.6%至 29.7%）在 NGO 支持的 kebeles 中有最佳补充喂养实践，但只有 37 名（10.8%，95%CI=7.5%至 14.1%）实践了最佳补充喂养，而不是 NGO 支持的 kebeles。没有 NGO 支持的 kebeles 的母亲进行最佳补充喂养的可能性低 46%（AOR=0.54，95%CI 0.31，0.96）。另一方面，20-23 个月大的儿童的母亲进行最佳补充喂养的可能性是 6-8 个月大儿童的母亲的四倍（AOR=4.47，95%CI 2.02 至 9.91）。
政府和非政府组织已经实施了不同的干预措施，以改善德西祖里亚地区的这种状况。但是，关于政府和非政府组织的干预措施在多大程度上减少了这种改善状况的数据有限。本研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚 2021 年 6-23 个月儿童母亲的最佳补充喂养实践及其相关因素。
在 NGO 支持的 kebeles 中，母亲的最佳补充喂养实践高于非支持的 kebeles。因此，建议加强和扩大该计划到非支持的 kebeles，以提高最佳补充喂养实践。
