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Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among HIV positive mothers in Southern Ethiopia

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Title
Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among HIV positive mothers in Southern Ethiopia
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s41043-015-0006-0
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Demewoz Haile, Tefera Belachew, Getenesh Berhanu, Tesfaye Setegn, Sibhatu Biadgilign

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess complementary feeding practices and associated factors among HIV exposed infants in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. An institutional based cross-sectional study with cluster random sampling technique was employed and all HIV exposed infants aged 6-17 months found in randomly selected health institutions in Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia were included. A 24-hour dietary recall and 7-day quasi-food group frequency was used to assess complementary feeding practices. The prevalence of timely initiation of complementary feeding (6-8 months) was 42% [95% CI: (30-54%)]. Of all the HIV exposed infants aged 6-17 months, 40.7% had practiced bottle-feeding. About 65.6% and 53.3% of HIV exposed infants did not receive the recommended number of food groups and frequency of complementary feeding in the last 24 hours respectively. Pulse (plant protein) was consumed by only 22.5% of the infants while only 9.9% of the infants consumed animal source food in the last 24 hours. Presence of infant food prohibition (β = -0.342, P = 0.001) and age of the infant (β = 0.311, P = 0.001) were found to be an independent predictors of dietary diversity. Presence of infant food prohibition (β = -0.181, P = 0.02) and age of infant (β = 0.388, P < 0.001) were also the predictors of 24 hour meal frequency. Having lower educational status [AOR = (0.21, 95% CI (0.062-0.71)] was an independent negative predictor of bottle-feeding practice. Many of the complementary feeding practices like meal frequency; dietary diversity and bottle-feeding were sub-optimal. Nutrition education should be designed for improving complementary feeding practices of HIV exposed infants in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Mothers with higher educational status should be also targeted for nutrition education especially on bottle feeding practice.

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Indonesia 1 <1%
Rwanda 1 <1%
Unknown 174 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 39 22%
Student > Postgraduate 19 11%
Student > Bachelor 15 9%
Researcher 12 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 6%
Other 28 16%
Unknown 52 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 49 28%
Medicine and Dentistry 43 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 5%
Social Sciences 7 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 3%
Other 10 6%
Unknown 54 31%
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