Prevalence and Determinants of Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding Among Mothers in Sodo Zuriya District, South Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Desta Mota Kuma; Abebe Sorsa Badacho; Melese Meleku Kurucho

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Prevalence and Determinants of Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding Among Mothers in Sodo Zuriya District, South Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Desta Mota Kuma, Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Melese Meleku Kurucho

Published in American Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Volume 5, Issue 3)

Received: 6 June 2020 Accepted: 19 June 2020 Published: 28 July 2020

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Abstract

Timely initiation of breastfeeding tops the list of life-saving interventions for newborn health. Even though most mothers in Ethiopia breastfeed their babies, they do not always follow the recommendations of the "National Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding". A community-based cross-sectional study with internal comparisons was conducted between July and August 2019. A total of 444 mother-infant pairs were selected using simple random sampling. Descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariable logistic regression were employed to identify predictors of timely initiation of breastfeeding. The prevalence of timely initiation of breastfeeding was 53.4%. Institutional delivery (AOR=3.0; 95% CI 1.47, 6.13), advice/counseling during antenatal visits (AOR=3.52; 95% CI 1.81, 6.83) and postnatal counseling/advice (AOR=2.96; 95% CI 1.59, 5.5) were found to be positively associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding (p<0.05). Conclusions and Recommendations: The prevalence of timely initiation of breastfeeding was low. Several characteristics affect timely initiation of breastfeeding. Educational programs in health institutions and at the community level are recommended to correct traditional inappropriate breastfeeding practices and beliefs and to provide training to health professionals to promote appropriate and timely counseling during the antenatal and postnatal periods.

Published in	American Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajlm.20200503.11
Page(s)	63-69
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Timely Initiation, Breastfeed, Institutional Delivery, Within One Hour

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Desta Mota Kuma, Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Melese Meleku Kurucho. Prevalence and Determinants of Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding Among Mothers in Sodo Zuriya District, South Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study. Am J Lab Med. 2020;5(3):63-69. doi: 10.11648/j.ajlm.20200503.11

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Desta Mota Kuma

Siloam Health Sciences and Business College, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia
Abebe Sorsa Badacho

School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia
Melese Meleku Kurucho

Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia

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