Advanced search
Publication Cover
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements Volume 12, 2020 - Issue
Submit an article Journal homepage
519
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Child Feeding Practice Among Mothers of Woldia Town, Northeast Ethiopia

Lidiya Dagne Asmare1 Woldia University, Department of Nursing, Woldia, Ethiopia
,
Mesfin Wudu Kassaw1 Woldia University, Department of Nursing, Woldia, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Ayele Mamo Abebe1 Woldia University, Department of Nursing, Woldia, Ethiopia;2 Debre Berhan University, Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
,
Biruk Beletew Abate1 Woldia University, Department of Nursing, Woldia, Ethiopia;2 Debre Berhan University, Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
&
Kirubel Dagnaw Tegegne1 Woldia University, Department of Nursing, Woldia, Ethiopia;2 Debre Berhan University, Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia;3 Wollo University, Department of Nursing, Dessie, Ethiopia
Pages 205-213 | Published online: 12 Oct 2020

References

  • Bhandari N, Mazumder S, Bahl R, et al. An educational intervention to promote appropriate complementary feeding practices and physical growth in infants and young children in rural Haryana, India. J Nutr. 2004;134(9):2342–2348. doi:10.1093/jn/134.9.2342
  • Engle PL, Pelto G, Bentley P. Care for nutrition and development. J Indian Med Assoc. 2000;98(9):530–535.
  • Marquis G, Juteau S, Creed-Kanashiro H, Roche M. Infant and young child complementary feeding among indigenous peoples. Indig People Food Syst Well Being. 2013;39–50.
  • Usaid A, Ifpri U. Indicators for Assessing Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices. WHO; 2008.
  • Sanghvi T, Martin L, Hajeebhoy N, et al. Strengthening systems to support mothers in infant and young child feeding at scale. Food Nutr Bull. 2013;34(3_suppl2):S156–S68. doi:10.1177/15648265130343S203
  • Jones AD, Ickes SB, Smith LE, et al. World Health Organization infant and young child feeding indicators and their associations with child anthropometry: a synthesis of recent findings. Matern Child Nutr. 2014;10(1):1–17. doi:10.1111/mcn.12070
  • Edhs E. Demographic and health survey 2016: key indicators report. DHS Program ICF. 2016;363:364.
  • Ababa IA. Ethiopia, and Rockville, Maryland, USA. CSA and ICF; 2016.
  • Menon P. The crisis of poor complementary feeding in South Asia: where next? Matern Child Nutr. 2012;8:1–4. doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00394.x
  • Black RE, Victora CG, Walker SP, et al. Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2013;382(9890):427–451. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60937-X
  • Lartey A. Maternal and child nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and interventions. Proc Nutr Soc. 2008;67(1):105–108. doi:10.1017/S0029665108006083
  • Black RE, Allen LH, Bhutta ZA, et al. Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. Lancet. 2008;371(9608):243–260. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61690-0
  • Molla M, Ejigu T, Nega G. Complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children 6–23 months of age, Lasta District, Amhara region, Northeast Ethiopia. Adv Public Health. 2017;2017.
  • Laar AK, Aryeetey RN, Mpereh M, Zotor FB. Improving nutrition-sensitivity of social protection programmes in Ghana. Proc Nutr Soc. 2017;76(4):516–523. doi:10.1017/S0029665117001136
  • Mohammed S, Getinet T, Solomon S, Jones AD. Prevalence of initiation of complementary feeding at 6 months of age and associated factors among mothers of children aged 6 to 24 months in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMC Nutr. 2018;4(1):54. doi:10.1186/s40795-018-0264-5
  • Federal M. National Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Ethiopia: Addis Ababa; 2004.
  • Jones AD, Ickes SB, Smith LE, et al. World Health Organization infant and young child feeding indicators and their associations with child growth: a synthesis of recent findings. FASEB. 2013.
  • Belete Y, Awraris W, Muleta M. Appropriate complementary feeding practice was relatively low and associated with mother’s education, family income, and mother’s age: a community based cross-sectional study in Northern Ethiopia. J Nutri Health Food Eng. 2017;6(2):00191.
  • Abera K. Infant and young child feeding practices among mothers living in Harar, Ethiopia. Harar Bull Health Sci. 2012;4:66–78.
  • Mekbib E, Shumey A, Ferede S, Haile F. Magnitude and factors associated with appropriate complementary feeding among mothers having children 6–23 months-of-age in northern Ethiopia; a community-based cross-sectional study. J Food Nutr Sci. 2014;2(2):36.
  • Kebebu A, Whiting SJ, Dahl WJ, Henry CJ. Formulation of a complementary food fortified with broad beans (Vicia faba) in southern Ethiopia. African J Food Agric Nutr Dev. 2013;13(3).
  • Agedew E, Demissie M, Misker D, Haftu D. Early initiation of complementary feeding and associated factors among 6 months to 2 years young children. Kamba Woreda, South West Ethiopia: a community–based cross-sectional study. J Nutr Food Sci. 2014;4(6):314.
  • Yemane S, Awoke T, Gebreslassie M. Timely initiation of complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers of children aged from 6 to 24 months in Axum town, north Ethiopia. Int J Nutr Food Sci. 2014;3(5):438–442. doi:10.11648/j.ijnfs.20140305.21

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.