Socio - Cultural Factors Related to Breast Feeding in Jimma Town - 1987
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1988-01
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that th ere is currently a trend away
from breastfseding in developing countries, despite the large
numbers of studies documenting its beneficial effects on child
heal1;h.
The prevalence of breast feeding in Jimma Town was found to
be ~6,5 - percent in a cross sectional study of 975 methers, -The
mean duration of exclusive breastfeeding was 4,4 months and the
mean duration of over all breastfeeding was 15 months, -Forty three
percent of methers gave food supplements for their children by
the age of 4 w 6 months, Additionally, i t was found that 60
percent of the methers breast fed f or mere than 18 months, -
Seventy eight percent of mothers started breast feeding
immediatly after birth and the majority breast fed on dsma~d,
Forty two percent of mothers gave milk and milk products as a
supplement and 76.5 percent of them gave the milk with bott~e,
Twenty five percent of mothers were of the opinion that mothers
should exclusively breast feed children for 4 w 6 menths, -Seventy
nine percent felt that mothers should optimally breast feed for 18
months or mere. Only Thirty six percent of methers considered
breast feeding to be superior to bottle feeding for a child of
4 '- (3 months,
A search for social and cultural determinants for the occurrances
of extended breast feeding was conducted and it was found ou t that
family income, educational 1avel of both the mother and her huSband
to have a negative correlation with the length of breast feedi~g.
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Socio - Cultural Factors Related to Breast Feeding in Jimma town