Impact of Knowledge and Attitude of Primiparous Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Achieving Optimal Breastfeeding Practices

Minas, Anteneh Girma; Ganga-Limando, Makombo

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“…As described previously, the study participants’ ages ranged from 17 to 40 years, about 46.1% (n = 65) were not employed, and about 72.3% (n = 102) of the respondents had secondary and post-secondary education [ 9 ].…”

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“…As described previously, 64.3% (n = 90) of the study participants initiated breastfeeding within an hour of delivery and 34.3% (n = 48) of the study participants were still exclusively breastfeeding by the fifth month after delivery [ 9 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As described above, this study was part a bigger research project by the authors (AGM and MGL) and further details of the study methodology have been published elsewhere [ 9 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The limitations of this study were already reported elsewhere, and issue of lost to follow up and social desirability biases could not be ruled out [ 9 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This study was part of a bigger research project by the authors (AGM and MGL) and further details of that research have been published on the African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery (AJNM). According to that publication, a positive breastfeeding attitude and early initiation of breastfeeding can predict EBF practices among primiparous women [ 9 ]. Thus, this publication gives details on the social-cognitive factors that affect EBF practice among primiparous women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and supplements the previous publication evaluating the impact of social-cognitive factors on optimal breastfeeding practices.…”

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Social-Cognitive Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Primiparous Mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Minas

Ganga-Limando

2016

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundDespite the presence of high impact interventions to improve infant and young child feeding, only about 52% of mothers in Ethiopia exclusively breastfeed their child for the first six months after delivery. Although the decision to breastfeed a child is ultimately that of the mother, this decision could be influenced by a variety of factors including social-cognitive ones.ObjectivesThe objectives of the study were to describe the breastfeeding behaviour of primiparous mothers during their prenatal period in terms of intentions/goals, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and socio-structural factors and assess their exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practices as well as identify the social-cognitive predictors of EBF practices among these mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.MethodsA prospective follow up health facility-based study with quantitative methods was used with a sample of 233 primiparous women. Both structured and semi-structured questions were used for collection of data. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was used for data analysis. Findings at the 95% confidence interval and P-value of 5% were reported as statistically significant.Results39.1% (n = 59) of the respondents were found to have high breastfeeding self-efficacy, 51.4% (n = 71) have good breastfeeding outcome expectancies, and 6.5% (n = 9) respondents had supportive breastfeeding socio-structural factors. Bivariate correlation analysis showed positive and statistically significant correlation between each of breastfeeding self-efficacy, outcome expectancy, and socio-structural factors, with EBF practice. However, only breastfeeding self-efficacy and outcome expectancies were statistically significant predictors of EBF among the primiparous women when controlling for confounding variables.Conclusions and RecommendationsHealth programmes aimed at improving EBF among primiparous mothers should look beyond providing health information alone. Rather improving primiparous women’s breastfeeding self-efficacy and outcome expectancy is strongly recommended. Further community based large scale research is also recommended among similar groups of women.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As described above, this study was part a bigger research project by the authors (AGM and MGL) and further details of the study methodology have been published elsewhere [ 9 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The limitations of this study were already reported elsewhere, and issue of lost to follow up and social desirability biases could not be ruled out [ 9 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social-Cognitive Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Primiparous Mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Minas

Ganga-Limando

2016

PLoS ONE

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The Effectiveness of Hypnobreast feeding Massage on Anxiety and Breast Milk Production in Postpartum Mothers

Septianingrum

2022

Gac Méd Caracas

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Low milk production on the first day after delivery causes the mother to experience anxiety, which increases the hormone cortisol. When the hormone cortisol level is high, milk production will be hampered, resulting in an early stop of the breastfeeding process. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of Hypno-breastfeeding massage on anxiety and milk production in postpartum mothers at the Public Health Center.

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Impact of Knowledge and Attitude of Primiparous Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Achieving Optimal Breastfeeding Practices

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Social-Cognitive Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Primiparous Mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Social-Cognitive Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Primiparous Mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Effectiveness of Hypnobreast feeding Massage on Anxiety and Breast Milk Production in Postpartum Mothers

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