Magnitude and Determinants of Bottle Feeding in a Peri-Urban Community
| dc.contributor.advisor | Berhane, Yemane (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bekele, Abeba | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-20T07:34:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:40:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-20T07:34:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:40:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31474 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Department of Community Health Faculty of Medicine | en_US |
| dc.title | Magnitude and Determinants of Bottle Feeding in a Peri-Urban Community | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |