Abstract
The amount of health benefits derived from breastfeeding is influenced by age of the child at initiation of the first breast milk, the duration and intensity of breastfeeding and age at which the child is introduced to supplementary foods and other liquids. In this study, the general trend of timing of breastfeeding initiation among nursing mothers in Nigeria between 1990 and 2003 is examined. The timing of initiation of the first breast milk to a child by her mother is measured in a three-level ordinal scale (immediately, within 24 h and days after birth) and the impacts of some socio-economic and maternal factors on this are determined. Results from this study revealed a significant improvement in the trend of early initiation of breast milk among Nigeria mothers between 1990 and 2003 (p
Highlights
Introduction of breast milk to newly-born children immediately after delivery has been shown in many studies to be capable of giving the children the breastfeeding of infants reduces the risk of having diarrhoea which is a major cause of infant and childhood death in sub-Sahara African and other developing required immunity to diseases through mother’s antibodies countries
The amount of health benefits derived from breastfeeding is influenced by age of the child at initiation of the first breast milk, the duration and intensity of breastfeeding and age at which the child is introduced to supplementary foods and other liquids
The data employed for this study are from the three waves of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHS) for 1990, 1999 and 2003 which are national population based surveys conducted through a multistage sampling technique
Summary
Introduction of breast milk to newly-born children immediately after delivery has been shown in many studies to be capable of giving the children the breastfeeding of infants reduces the risk of having diarrhoea which is a major cause of infant and childhood death in sub-Sahara African and other developing required immunity to diseases through mother’s antibodies countries. In a related study, Clemens et al (1999) found and this in turn, lowers the risks of early childhood that early initiation of breast milk reduces the deaths (Ogra and Dayton, 1979; Goldman et al, 1990; Clemens et al, 1999; Adebayo, 2004; Kramer and Kakuma, 2004; Edmond et al, 2006). This is largely due to the possibility of ingesting maternal colostrum into the children few hours after parturition. The principal objective of the Nigeria demographic and health surveys is to provide current and reliable data on fertility and family planning behaviour, child mortality, children’s nutritional status, the utilization of maternal and child health services as well as knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS
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