Exclusive Breast-Feeding Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Elsabeth Wujira, Tigest Shifraw, Yemane Berhane This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3820110/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Background : For infants to grow and survive, they need to be exclusively breastfed. However, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding is substantially lower than World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in many low-income nations. Therefore, to provide the appropriate corrective remedies, it is essential to frequently evaluate the practice and its associated factors. Methods and materials ; Mothers were interviewed as part of a facility-based cross-sectional study. The study comprised 682 eligible mothers who brought their children for the Penta 3 vaccination. To investigate associations and generate an adjusted odd ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI), a multivariate logistic regression analysis was used. Result : The proportion of mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants was 63.3% (95% confidence interval 60.0%-67.0%). The odds of exclusively breastfeeding their infants were higher among mothers whose husbands received education (AOR 1.704; 95% CI: 1.003-3.251), in those who received advice on exclusive breastfeeding during Antenatal care (AOR 2.764; 95% CI: 1.522-22 4.998), and in those who were counseled at postnatal visits (AOR 1.471; 95% CI: 1.036-2.089). Conclusion : About two-thirds of the mothers practiced exclusive breastfeeding, which is lower than WHO’s recommendation of universal exclusive breastfeeding. Efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding must be strengthened by providing support and counseling to the mothers during antenatal and postnatal care. Exclusive breastfeeding infants determinants Addis Ababa and Ethiopia Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Tables 1 to 5 are available in the Supplementary Files section. Supplementary Files Table1.pdf Table2.pdf Table3.pdf Table4.pdf Table5.pdf Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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