Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors Among Mothers Having Children 6-23 Months in Yaya Gulale District, Oromia, Ethiopia from June 15 to June 30/2019

Background: Complementary feeding is the provision of nutrient containing foods or liquids other than breast milk that includes both solid foods and semisolid foods. There is limit study conducted in this area, so to know existing gap the topic was selected.ObjectiveTo study complementary feeding and associated factors among mothers who had children 6–23 months in Yaya Gulele district, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2019.MethodA cross-sectional study design was conducted among 558 mothers who had children with 6–23 months of age. Simple random sampling was used to select the required sample size. Pretest was conducted on 5% sample size. Data were cleared using Epi-Info version 7 & analyzed by SPSS version 20. Result was presented by using percent, frequency, tables and graphs. Crude & adjusted odds ratio were done along with 95% CI and level of statistical significance was declared at p-value < 0.05.ResultA total 558 individuals were participated in study with 98.2% response rate. Level of knowledge on complementary feeding was (79.57%). Maternal educations: primary, secondary and above (AOR = 3.59,95%CI:1.264–8.93, AOR = 3.109,95%CI:1.12–8.62), antennal care status: 1–2 visit,3 & above (AOR = 2.4,95%CI:1.13–5.3, AOR = 4.78,95%CI:2.197–10.42) respectively, place of delivery (AOR = 8.5,95%CI:4.41–16.50), post-natal care:1,2 and above visit (AOR = 2.6,95%CI:1.12–6.49,AOR = 3.6,95%CI:1.72–7.74); watching TV (AOR = 3.19, 95%CI:1.1–9.45) and listening radio (AOR = 2.32,95%CI:1.17–4.57) were independent predictor of level of good maternal knowledge on complementary feeding.Conclusion and recommendation:Educating the mothers through mass media and house to house by health extension workers is recommended to enhance knowledge of complementary feeding.