Abstract
BackgroundPoor complementary feeding practice to infants is one of risk factors for child undernutrition in Ethiopia. This would vary across the culturally and socioeconomically diverse settings in this country. Thus, this study was aimed to determine the proportion of timely initiated complementary feeding practice of women to their children aged 6–23 months in rural Soro district in Southwest Ethiopia.MethodsA community based crossectional survey was conducted in Soro district from August to September in 2015. Randomly selected 543 women having children aged 6–23 months were the final sampling units for this study. First, local administrative units (kebeles) of residents were randomly selected from such lists in the district. Secondly, the sample size was proportionally allocated to each selected kebele by population sizes. Individual households were selected by systematic random technique. Data was collected by using a structured questionnaire through face to face interview. Descriptive statistics was done for univariate results, and we applied bivariate logistic regression to look for crude association, and multivariate logistic regression to model predictors with effect measures and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Statistical significance was decaled at P < 0.05.ResultsThe proportion of timely initiated complementary feeding was 34.3% at 95%CI: (30.31, 38.29) in this study. Secondary and above education levels of respondents (AOR = 2.25 95%CI: 1.17, 4.30) and husbands (AOR = 2.33 at 95% CI: 1.06, 5.14), and maternal Postnatal Care visits (AOR = 1.94 at 95% CI: 1.19, 3.16) were found independent predictors for timely initiated complementary feeding practice in this study.ConclusionsTimely complementary feeding practice in the study area was low compared to the standard recommends for it. Education in general and equipping child bearing women with specific messages on Infant and Child Feeding Practices may improve infant and child feeding practice in the area. Optimizing utilization of Postnatal Care by post partum women and including specific advices on complementary feeding are recommended.
Highlights
Poor complementary feeding practice to infants is one of risk factors for child undernutrition in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, over a third of this is associated with inappropriate infant and young child feeding practice [1, 2] which includes suboptimal complementary feeding practice to infants
Study design and setting This study was aimed to determine the proportion of timely initiated complementary feeding practice of women to their infants in rural Soro district
Summary
Poor complementary feeding practice to infants is one of risk factors for child undernutrition in Ethiopia. After the first 6 months, breast milk alone is no longer adequate to meet the nutritional needs of the infants, timely initiation of complementary foods to child’s diet is recommended [6,7,8,9]. This means introducing an infant with solid, semi-solid or soft foods at age 6 months. Appropriate complementary feeding should include a variety of foods to ensure nutritional requirements [6,7,8,9]
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