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    Magnitude and Determinants of Bottle Feeding in a Peri-Urban Community
    (Addis Ababa University, 1995-05) Bekele, Abeba; Berhane, Yemane (PhD)
    A descriptive cross-sectional sur vey was conducted in Butajira Woreda , south western Ethiopia, fo r a period of two months to determine the extent of bottle use in child feeding, fact ors associated with its use and the time of introduction of supplementary f eeding . A t otal of 1536 households with children 0-23 months were included in the study. The study found out the overall prevalence of bottle feeding to be 11.3% and the prevalence among children on suppl ementary feeding to be 16.7%. Only 6.3% of the bottle fed children were on bottle alone . Residence, maternal education and occupation were significantly associated with the practice of bottle feeding in the crude analysis and after adjusting for parental and child characteristics (P <0 . 05) . Only 53 .3% of the children received timely supplementary feeding, that is, between 4-6 months . Thirty four percent of children beyond the six months of age were found to be on exclusive breast feeding. Child bottle f eeding practice was significantly associated with early introduction of supplementary feeding, P<0.05. The extent of bottle feeding in the studied community is quite high and was found to be practiced more among the relatively well to do members of the community, a trend which was seen in the developed world at the beginning of the century. Improvement in maternal and child health services including health education are recommended.