Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Initiation of Complementary Feeding Among Under Two Years Children in Fiche Town, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia

Rebik Shukure

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Initiation of Complementary Feeding Among Under Two Years Children in Fiche Town, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia

Rebik Shukure

Published in International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 4 February 2017 Accepted: 27 February 2017 Published: 14 December 2017

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Background: - Healthy complementary feeding is critical for the achievement of a healthy growth and development of children. In Ethiopia inappropriate complementary feeding practices, combined with poverty, are major determinants of the high prevalence of malnutrition among young children. Community based a prospective cross- sectional study was conducted from December to January 2015/2016. Almost two-third of the mothers initiated complementary feeding at the sixth month of child's age. Factors like maternal and husband educational level, family size, place of delivery, ANC follow up, and PNC follow up were significantly. Most mothers initiate complementary feedings timely. Maternal literacy, family size and relation of mothers affect timely initiation of complementary feeding. Educating the mothers by mass media and house to house by health extension workers is important to increase timely initiation of complementary feeding.

Published in	International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijbecs.20170306.16
Page(s)	103-109
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Complementary Feeding, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice

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Rebik Shukure

Department of Nursing, Selale University, Collage of Health Science, Fiche, Oromia, Ethiopia

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Rebik Shukure. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Initiation of Complementary Feeding Among Under Two Years Children in Fiche Town, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia. Int J Biomed Eng Clin Sci. 2017;3(6):103-109. doi: 10.11648/j.ijbecs.20170306.16

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