Mothers’ Knowledge And Attitude Towards Infant And Young Child Feeding Practices In Shashemene City, Oromia- Ethiopia 2020

Abstract The scheme youngsters are fed has a huge impact on their development. Poor breastfeeding and infant feeding practices have a negative impact on children's health and nutritional status.Purpose: The study's aim was to analyze mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding supplemental feeding of children aged 6–23 months in Shashamene City, Oromia Ethiopia.Methods : A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1-january 28 using a two-stage sampling procès to chose 536 women with children aged 6 to 23 months for the study. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software were used to analyze the data. The characteristics related with complementary feeding (CF) practice were identified using logistic regression, and statistical significance was determined at p-value of less than 0.05.Results: This study found that complementary food was first introduced at the age of 6 months, 353 (68.4 %) and 167 (32.1 %) at greater and Less than 6 months age with bottle feeding (AOR: 0.27, 95 % CI: (0.13, 0.55)). Sources of information about the advantages of breast milk (AOR:4.3495 % CI (1.96,9.60)), minimum dietary diversity (AOR:2.21,95 % CI(1.01,4.85)), knowledge about iron-rich foods (AOR:0.029,95 % CI (0.04,0.21)), knowledge about iodine-rich foods (AOR:0.022,95 % CI (0.03,0.16)) were discovered to be independent predictors of mother’s knowledge on appropriate infant feedingConclusion: Mothers' knowledge about the timing of CF practices is low in this study. Botte feeding, sources of information about the benefits of breast Milk, a minimum dietary diversity, knowledge about infant and young child feeding were the indépendant factors that significantly associated with mother's knowledge of appropriate infant and Young Child feeding practices.

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A study on infant and young child feeding practices among mothers attending the immunisation clinic of a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20204980 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (12) ◽

pp. 4827

Author(s):

Nabanita Chakraborty ◽

Gautam Kumar Joardar

Keyword(s):

Young Child ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Young Child Feeding ◽

Child Feeding Practices ◽

Infant And Young Child ◽

Appropriate Practices ◽

Minimum Dietary Diversity

Background: Age appropriate feeding practices is an essential determinant of physical growth as well as mental health of under-five children. WHO and UNICEF have formulated the infant and young child feeding practices guidelines to enhance appropriate feeding practices in infants and young children.Methods: A descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted in the immunization clinic of KPC medical college and hospital from October to December 2018 among children in 0-23 months age group. The mothers were interviewed regarding their sociodemographic details as well as the IYCF practices as per WHO.Results: It was found that appropriate practices in terms of prelacteal feeding, colostrum feeding; early initiation of breast feeding and exclusive breast feeding was present in 78.4%, 80%, 77.5% and 50% children respectively. Timely initiation of complementary feeding was found in 81%, breast feeding was continued upto 1 year in 68.8% and consumption of iron rich or iron fortified food was found in 54.5% children. Appropriate practices in terms of minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum appropriate diet were found in 49.7%, 27% and 32.3% children respectively. Sex wise distributions have found significant association with minimum dietary diversity and minimum acceptable diet. Age wise distribution revealed significant association with minimum dietary frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum acceptable diet (p<0.005).Conclusions: Thus infant and young child feeding practices were not satisfactory. Mothers should be made aware about the appropriate feeding practices and health education should be given regarding correct child feeding practices.

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A cross sectional study on optimal infant and young child feeding practices with reference to WHO indicators in a rural area of Puducherry

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191405 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 1684

Author(s):

Arulprasad Radjasegarane ◽

Anandaraj Rajagopal ◽

Prakash Mathiyalagen ◽

Kavita Vasudevan

Keyword(s):

Young Child ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Young Child Feeding ◽

Child Feeding Practices ◽

Infant And Young Child ◽

One Year

Background: Optimal infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) are essential to address the increasing burden of malnutrition and for the overall development of the children. The present study was conducted to estimate the proportion of optimal infant and young child feeding practices among rural children aged 0 to 23 months and study the associated socio demographic factors.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 360 children in the age group of 0 to 23 months in a rural field practice area of a medical college in Puducherry. Data on IYCF practices were collected using a standardized tool developed by WHO. Core and optional IYCF indicators were calculated. Chi-square test and Fishers’ exact test were used as tests of significance.Results: Almost 88.0% of infants were initiated early on breastfeeding and 90.8% were exclusively breastfed for six months. Children who were continuously breastfed at one year and two years were 77.4% and 22.4% respectively. About 75.0% were introduced with solid or semisolid foods at 6 to 8 months of age. Among children aged 6 to 23 months, 77.3% had the recommended minimum dietary diversity, 81.3% had the minimum meal frequencies, while 57.7% received the minimum acceptable diet and only 39.4% consumed iron rich foods. Gender was significantly associated with the practice of continued breastfeeding at one year, adequate minimum dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency.Conclusions: The core and optional IYCF indicators were acceptably good in the initial six months of life but thereafter showed suboptimal levels, which should be emphasized among the mothers or primary care givers.

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Improving caregivers’ infant and young child-feeding practices using a three-group food guide: A randomized intervention study in central Uganda

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development ◽

10.18697/ajfand.99.20240 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (04) ◽

pp. 17834-17853

Author(s):

Edward Kansiime ◽

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MK Kabahenda ◽

E Bonsi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Child ◽

Nutrition Education ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Control Group ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Young Child Feeding ◽

Child Feeding Practices ◽

Infant And Young Child

Despite improvements in food production and healthcare services, the burden of malnutrition in Uganda has for the last 30yearsremained unacceptably high with rates of stunting (chronic undernutrition) and anemia (proxy for micronutrient deficiency) currently estimated at 29% and 53%,respectively among young children aged 6-59 months. Considering that both undernutrition and over nutrition are greatly attributed to monotonous diets characterized by limited dietary diversity and overdependence on starchy refined grains or roots as staples,there is need to improve the population’s awareness of appropriate dietary practices. To improve nutrition education, the Infant and Young Child-feeding national counseling cards for community volunteers (IYCF cards)that were developed by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), are currently the standard package used in Uganda’s health sector to educate caregivers on appropriate child-feeding practices. In this study, the effectiveness of a three-group food guide was evaluated against IYCF cards.A randomized, controlled intervention trial engaged three randomly selected distant groups of child-caregiver pairs (n=40) concurrently in one of three treatments namely: (i) nutrition education using a three-foodgroup guide (FG), (ii) nutrition education using age-appropriate IYCF cards, and (iii) negative control group that engaged in hair-plaiting sessions. At baseline, all groups had randomly selected caregivers of children aged 6-14 months and were met once a week for five consecutive weeks during the intervention. Caregivers were interviewed at baseline and 2 months after the interventions to determine changes in child-feeding practices while their children were concurrently measured to determine changes in their nutritional status.At baseline, caregivers in the three treatment arms exhibited inappropriate child-feeding practices indicated by low child-feeding index (CFI) scores,which were also related to poor nutritional status of their children. After the interventions, children in FG group were given more varied animal-source foods than those in IYCF cards group (p =0.02). Compared to controls, caregivers in FG group gave their children significantly more snacks (p = 0.01), their child-feeding practices indicated by CFI scores significantly improved (p = 0.001) and their children exhibited better growth patterns indicated by weight-for-age (p = 0.02) and MUAC-for-age (p = 0.03) Z-scores.These findings,therefore,indicate that the three-group food guide is more likely to improve child-feeding practices and growth patterns than IYCF cards.Hence, there is need to integrate the food guide into IYCF materials to foster child-feeding practices and growth.

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Infant and young child feeding practices among tribal mothers in Sambalpur district, Odisha, India

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200969 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 1072

Author(s):

Samyak Sahu ◽

Subrat K. Pradhan ◽

Sadhu C. Panda

Keyword(s):

Young Child ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Bottle Feeding ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Young Child Feeding ◽

Child Feeding Practices ◽

Infant And Young Child ◽

Study Participants

Background: Indicators of infant and young child and feeding (IYCF) practices have been devised by WHO in order to help objectively assess the prevalence of these practices in the population. IYCF practices play a vital role in the control of infant and child deaths. This study was undertaken to assess the IYCF practices among children aged less than 2 years among the tribal population. Objective of this study to measure the indicators of IYCF practices in children in the 0-23 months age group.Methods: It is a community based, cross sectional study of infant and young child feeding practices among tribal mothers having children younger than 24 months, in Sambalpur district of Odisha from October 2017 to December 2019. The study participants were tribal mothers having children less than 24 months of age. The sample size was 384.Results: Among the study participants, 93.5% belonged to the 21-30 years age bracket, 37.5% had middle school certificate education and 75.3% belonged to the upper lower socioeconomic class. The indicators were continued breastfeeding at 1 year (100%), continued breastfeeding at 2 years (100%) and children ever breastfed (100%), exclusive breastfeeding (98.71%) and bottle feeding (16.36%). A significant association was found between delivery by lower segment caesarean section and delayed initiation of breastfeeding.Conclusions: The indicators related to breastfeeding and complementary feeding were adequate except for minimum dietary diversity and minimum adequate diet.

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Determinants of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices of Rural Farming Households in Bauchi State, Nigeria (P18-108-19)

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzz039.p18-108-19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Mercy Sosanya ◽

Ayodele Gbemileke ◽

Jeanne Freeland-Graves ◽

Molly Bray

Keyword(s):

Young Child ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Timely Initiation ◽

Mothers And Fathers ◽

Young Child Feeding ◽

Child Feeding Practices ◽

Infant And Young Child ◽

Farming Households

Abstract Objectives Poor infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) can undermine the nutrition and health status of individuals in vulnerable households. Bauchi state, Nigeria, has the fourth highest prevalence of child malnutrition in the country, yet over 80% of the population is involved in agriculture. This study evaluated the predictors of IYCF practices of rural farming households in Bauchi state, Nigeria Methods This study was conducted in six Local Government Areas of Bauchi state. A total of 720 mothers and fathers were selected from households with at least one child under 5 years. Household socio-demographic features and information on infant and young child feeding (IYCF questionnaire of the World Health Organization), were collected using Open Data Kit Collect, a mobile app. Descriptive statistics were computed, and relationships between variables were evaluated using Spearman's rank correlation and multivariate analyses. Results The mean age (27.2 ± 7.2 years vs. 41.7 ± 10.6 years) and monthly income (∼$4.85 vs. ∼$39.88) of the mothers and fathers respectively, were different (P < 0.05). Twenty-six (3.9%) mothers and 165 (23%) fathers had completed secondary or post-secondary education. The rates of exclusive (20.7%) and timely initiation (29.0%) of breastfeeding were poor. Only 26.0% of children 6–23 mo. received the minimum acceptable diet (minimum dietary diversity and meal frequency). Mothers’ education was positively correlated with the practice of exclusive breastfeeding, while continued breastfeeding at 15 months of age was positively associated with fathers’ income (P < 0.05). Both mothers’ and fathers’ income and education were positively associated with dietary diversity (P < 0.05). Low income and poor education of mothers were negative predictors of timely initiation of breastfeeding, while mothers’ occupation, household size, and the number of children per household were negative predictors of dietary diversity (P < 0.05). Conclusions Infant and young child feeding practices in the rural farming area were influenced by parents’ income and education, and were below optimum levels needed to prevent malnutrition. Funding Sources This research was funded by Oxfam LINE Project, Nigeria. Supporting Tables, Images and/or Graphs

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Infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia: analysis of socioeconomic disparities based on nationally representative data

Archives of Public Health ◽

10.1186/s13690-021-00555-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nigatu Regassa Geda ◽

Cindy Xin Feng ◽

Bonnie Janzen ◽

Rein Lepnurm ◽

Carol J. Henry ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Child ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Health Concern ◽

Proportional Odds ◽

Child Feeding ◽

Gainful Employment ◽

Young Child Feeding ◽

Child Feeding Practices ◽

Infant And Young Child ◽

Unit Increase

Abstract Background Undernutrition among children is a priority area of public health concern in Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to examine disparities in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices among children 6–23 months. Method Data were drawn from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS). A total of 3240 children aged 6–23 months were used for the present analysis. The outcome variable was IYCF practice score (ranging 0–7) which was constructed based on the linear and combined effects of four sets of variables: breastfeeding, avoidance of bottle feeding, diet diversity score and minimum feeding frequency. IYCF practice score was further recoded into three categories. Proportional odds regression was used to assess the determinants of IYCF category. Results The proportional odds regression analysis showed that IYCF scores significantly decreased by 5% (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) = 0.95; 95% CI: 0.93–0.97) for every unit increase in the child’s age. Households with fathers of primary and secondary and above level education were 1.37 times (95% CI: 1.14–1.66) and 1.67 times (95% CI: 1.26–2.23) more likely to be in the high IYCF category than in the poor IYCF category. The likelihood of being in the high IYCF practice category decreased for non-working mothers by 30% (AOR = 0.70; 95% CI: 0.59–0.83) compared to those working in gainful employment. The chance of being in the high IYCF practice category decreased by 29% for households with no access to radio (AOR = 0.71; 95% CI: 0.59–0.85). Those with medium and rich/richer wealth category were 1.54 times (95% CI: 1.22–1.94) and 1.40 times (95% CI: 1.11–1.75) more likely to belong to high IYCF practice category than being in poor IYCF category. For every unit increase in health service utilization, the chance of falling in higher IYCF category increases by 1.15 times (95% CI: 1.08–1.23). The chance of falling in higher IYCF practice category decreases for rural residents by 37% (AOR = 0.63; 95% CI: 0.47–0.84) compared to those residing in urban areas. Conclusion For a child, the first two years is the time span during which linear faltering of growth is most prevalent and the period when the process of becoming stunted is almost complete. This study recommends improving access to women for gainful employment, provision of economic support to poor rural women, education and promotion of nutrition messages using most accessible media and boosting the positive role of fathers in child feeding practices.

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