The prevalence and associated factors on timely initiation of breastfeeding among mothers of children age less than 12 months in Wolaita Sodo City, Wolaita, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Background : timely initiation of breastfeeding, also known as early initiation, is the provision of a mothers own breast milk to her infant within one hour of birth. In Ethiopia, there is a considerable variation in the timely initiation of breastfeeding practices among different regions. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of timely initiation of breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers of infants less than 12 months old in Wolaita Sodo City, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Methods: Community based cross-sectional study design was conducted. Multi stage sampling procedure was used. The study period was from January to March 2019. Data was collected by interviewer administered pretested questionnaire. Both bivariate and multivariate analysis was employed and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) was used to declare statistical significance at P- value of less than 0.05.Results: A total of 383 mothers with children less than 12 months age were included in the study making the response rate of 97.7 %. The prevalence of timely initiation of breast feeding within an hour was 80.2% . Being male child was 3.39 times AOR: 3.39, 95% CI: 3.39(1.49, 7.71) more likely to be timely initiated breast feeding within an hour than those who are female children. Those children who live with nuclear family are 3.49 times AOR: 3.49, 95% CI: 3.49 (1.09-11.12) more likely to be timely initiated breast feeding than those who live with extended families. Mothers who were delivered vaginally were 4.67 times more likely AOR: 4.67, 95% CI :( 1.92-11.33) to initiate their child breast feed within an hour than those who were delivered by cesarean section. Likewise mothers who counseled about timely initiation of breast feeding within an hour during ANC were 4.76 times AOR: 4.76, 95% CI (2.06-10.98) more likely to initiate their child breast feeding within an hour than those mothers who were not counseled about timely initiation of breast feeding during ANC visits Conclusion : The finding of this study showed that prevalence timely initiation of breast feeding was relatively good. Keywords : timely initiation of breastfeeding, infants from birth to 12 months, Wolaita Sodo City, Ethiopia.

Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding and Its Associated Factors at the Public Health Facilities of Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia, 2021

“…Mothers who are counseled on TIBF during their ANC visits were 2.38 times more likely to practice TIBF. This finding was supported by other studies conducted in Ethiopia [ 31 , 54 ]. The possible reason might be getting counseling about the advantage of early starting of breastfeeding may make them start breastfeeding timely, and this intern may increase their chance of practicing optimal breastfeeding.…”

“…Mothers who gave childbirth vaginally were 3.06 times more likely to initiate breastfeeding early. This was supported by studies conducted in Wolaita Sodo city [31], South Gonder zone [45], Gunchire town [25], Bahir Dar city [24], rural Eastern zone of Tigray region [43], and Motta town [28]. This was also consistent with studies conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa and India [52,53].…”

“…The possible reason might be being counseled after delivery may increase their chance of getting information about the advantage of TIBF over delayed initiation of breastfeeding. There is supporting evidence from studies conducted in Ethiopia [31,54]. Mothers who do not practice PLF were 6.76 times more likely to practice TIBF.…”

“…It was also in line with studies conducted in the Dembecha district (73.1%) [ 17 ] and Arsi zone (67.3%) [ 20 ], as well as with a study conducted in Uganda (68.6%) [ 21 ]. However, it was lower than studies conducted in different parts of Ethiopia like Bedessa town (81.1%) [ 22 ], North Wollo (78.2%) [ 23 ], Bahir Dar city (87.0%) [ 24 ], Gunchire town (80.5%) [ 25 ], Western Ethiopia (88.5%) [ 26 ], Dale Woreda (83.7%) [ 27 ], Motta town (78.8%) [ 28 ], Debre Tabor (76.8%) [ 19 ], Mekelle town (77.9%) [ 29 ], South Gondar Zone hospitals (88.2%) [ 30 ], and Wolaita Sodo City (80.2%) [ 31 ]. The probable explanation for the discrepancy between our study and the aforementioned studies might be due to the difference in the studies' sitting, as the majority of the above-mentioned study conducted in town sitting and the majority of mothers who lived in town sitting had formal education, while our study includes both urban and rural residency.…”

Impact of cesarean section on timely initiation of breastfeeding in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Among the included studies, seven of them were from Amhara region [ 19 , 20 , 24 , 25 , 30 – 32 ], two studies from each of the following; Tigray [ 22 , 33 ], Oromo [ 34 , 35 ], South Nation Nationality and Peoples region (SNNPR) [ 18 , 36 ] and Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) data [ 21 , 26 ] while the remaining two studies were contributed from Addis Ababa [ 37 ] and Afar region [ 38 ] (one study for each). All eligible studies in this review were cross-sectional study design consisting 29,919 mothers as study participant.…”