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Appropriate complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children aged 6–24 months in Debre Tabor Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2016

Article scientifique 2019 Anglais

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OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to assess appropriate complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children aged 6-24 months in Debre Tabor Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2016. RESULTS: In this study, 37.2% of mothers had appropriate complementary feeding practice. Mothers' level of education above grade 12 (AOR = 2.96, CI 1.2-7.62), husbands' occupation (AOR = 4.01, CI 1.3-12.44), mothers 'having exclusive breast feeding practice (AOR = 6.12, CI 3.04-12.3), health education about exclusive breast feeding during antenatal care visit (AOR = 5.59, CI 1.24-25.17) and advice on appropriate complementary feeding practice during antenatal care visit (AOR = 6.34, CI 1.5-26.91), and mothers who have got under 5 unit service due to infant and young children illness (AOR = 0.44, CI 0.22-0.89) were statistically significant variables for appropriate complementary feeding practice.

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Dagne, A., Anteneh, K., Badi, M., Adhanu, H., Assefa, M., Tebeje, H., Aynalem, G. (2019). Appropriate complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children aged 6–24 months in Debre Tabor Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4259-3

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Asrat Hailu Dagne Kiber Temesgen Anteneh Marta Berta Badi Hadgay Hagos Adhanu Mekonnen Assefa H Mariam Demewozu Tebeje Getie Lake Aynalem

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