Assessment of the Influence of Mother?s Occupation and Education on Breastfeeding and Weaning Practice of Children in Public Hospital, Harari Regional State Ethiopia

Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding can be defined as a practice whereby the infants receive only breast milk and not even water, other liquids, tea, herbal preparations, or food during the first six months of life, with the exception of vitamins, mineral supplements, or medicines [2]. During infancy and early childhood adequate nutrition is essential to ensure the growth, health, and development of children to their full potential. It has been recognized worldwide that breastfeeding is beneficial for both the mother and child, as breast milk is considered the best source of nutrition for an infant [3]. Breastfeeding is associated with significant health benefits for children. These benefits are wide ranging, including lower incidence of asthma, allergy and respiratory illnesses, fewer infections of the gastrointestinal tract, middle ear and urinary tract with consequently lower rates of hospitalizations [4]. A study done at US (2006) was the first to document decreased risk for respiratory tract infection, particularly recurrent otitis media (ROM), in children who are fully breastfed for 6 vs. 4 months. The findings add to growing evidence that breastfeeding benefits are dose and duration responsive and support

Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice in Ethiopia and Its Association with Maternal Employment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2019

“…Twelve of the studies were from Amhara [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]55,68], two from Addis Ababa [52,53], three from Affar [33,58,63], three from Oromia [45,64,65], twelve from SNNP [46][47][48]51,52,54,57,59,60,61,62,66], one from Tigray [67], one from Somalia [49],one from Harari [44]and one from nationwide [50]. No studies reported from Benishangul Gumiz,Gagmbela and Dire dawa council city in this review research.…”

“…A subgroup analysis was done by region in Ethiopia and the year of publication to compare the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding across different studies. Accordingly, the highest prevalence reported in a study conducted in Somalia Association between maternal employment and exclusive breastfeeding in Ethiopia: We examined the association between maternal employment and EBF practice using eighteen studies [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] in this metaanalysis. The ndings of these 18 studies showed that the practice of EBF was signi cantly associated with maternal employment.…”

“…Maternal employment [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50],Mode of delivery [34,39,41,42,43,45,[50][51][52][53][54],Marital status [33,34,41,42,47,55,56,57],colostrum feeding [35,37,38,43,58,59,60,61],prelacteal feeding [ 34,38,43,55,57,62],age of mother…”

“…The second reason is that the primary studies conducted previously showed that controversial ndings regarding the effect of maternal employment on EBF. among those primary studies some of them showed negative association of maternal employment with exclusive breastfeeding with the presence of grate variation among them [33][34][35][36][37][38][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]and the rest studies showed a positive association of maternal employment with EBF [39,40]. Because of the above-mentioned factors, we intended to undertake this meta-analysis.…”

Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice in Ethiopia and its association with maternal employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2019.

“…The second reason is that the primary studies conducted previously showed that controversial ndings regarding the effect of maternal employment on EBF. among those primary studies some of them showed a negative association of maternal employment with exclusive breastfeeding with the presence of grate variation among them [33][34][35][36][37][38][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]and the rest studies showed a positive association of maternal employment with EBF [39,40]. Because of the above-mentioned factors, we intended to undertake this meta-analysis.…”