Breast and complementary feeding in Ethiopia: new national evidence from systematic review and meta-analyses of studies in the past 10 years

TD Habtewold, SH Mohammed, A Endalamaw… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to provide a national
estimate of breast and complementary feeding practices and its predictors in Ethiopia …

Appropriate complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers having children aged 6–24 months in Debre Tabor Hospital, North West Ethiopia …

AH Dagne, KT Anteneh, MB Badi, HH Adhanu… - BMC research …, 2019 - Springer
Objective This study was aimed to assess appropriate complementary feeding practice and
associated factors among mothers having children aged 6–24 months in Debre Tabor …

Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding for mothers in tswelopele municipality, free state province, South Africa: a qualitative study

SR Quebu, D Murray, UB Okafor - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the numerous advantages of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), the practice remains
infrequently adopted in certain countries and is also associated with context-specific …

Formula feeding practice and associated factors among mothers who visited health facilities for their infants aged below 6 months in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia …

HA Alemu, H Tesfa, TF Anagaw… - … Journal of General …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Even though breastfeeding for infants and young children provides the ideal
food for healthy growth and development, nowadays the use of infant formula feeding has …

Predictors of inappropriate complementary feeding practice among children aged 6 to 23 months in Wonago District, South Ethiopia, 2017; case control study

Z Berhanu, T Alemu, D Argaw - BMC pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Inappropriate complementary feeding practice could result in child illness, sub-
optimal growth and development. Evidence shows a huge burden of inappropriate …

Time to initiate complementary feeding and associated factors among mothers with children aged 6–24 months in Tahtay Maichew district, northern Ethiopia

EB Reda, AS Teferra, MG Gebregziabher - BMC research notes, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Objective In Ethiopia, only 51% of the infants start complementary feeding on time.
Therefore this study is aimed to determine the time to initiate complementary feeding and …

Timely initiation of complementary feeding practices and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in Dessie Zuria District, Northeast Ethiopia: A …

AD Abate, SL Hassen, MM Temesgen - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Ethiopia has one of the highest infant and child mortality rates in the world.
Starting from the age of 6 months, breast milk alone is not sufficient to cover all nutritional …

Timely initiation of complementary feeding practices in Gondar Town Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

K Bazezew, W Worku, Z Abebe - Ecology of food and nutrition, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background The time of introduction and nutritionally adequate, safe, age-appropriate
complementary feeding is extremely important for the child's optimal growth, development …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants for inappropriate initiation of complementary feeding to children aged 6–24 months in Gondar Health Centers, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019

KG Yazew, AA Desta - International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The practice of the timely initiation of complementary feeding is serious for the
achievement of healthy advancement and progress. The timely initiation complementary …

Time to complementary feeding initiation and its predictors among children aged 9–23 months in Meket District, Northeast Ethiopia: a Cox Weibull regression

SF Alemu, AA Zerga, RD Yimer… - Journal of Nutritional …, 2023 - cambridge.org
. Globally and nationally, only 64⋅ 5 and 49⋅ 2% of infants received solid or semi-solid
foods, respectively. The available evidence indicates that the time to initiate complementary …