Knowledge and practices of women in Monastir, Tunisia regarding breastfeeding

Bouanène, Inès; Elmhamdi, Sana; Sriha, Asma Belguith; Bouslah, A; Soltani, M.S.

doi:10.26719/2010.16.8.879

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“…Several socio-demographic and socio-economic factors that constrain or increases the practice of EBF are identi ed. In line with previous study in Kenya (34), Nepal (35) and Tunisia (36),the current study shows that maternal educational level had in uence on exclusive breast feeding practice with better practice among mothers who attended secondary school and above. This might be due to better level of knowledge and media exposure status as compared to non-educated mothers.…”

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confidence: 91%

Determinants of Exclusive Breast Feeding Practice among HIV Positive Mothers in North East Ethiopia: A mixed method study

Girma¹,

Minda

Hailu

et al. 2020

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Background: Exclusive breast feeding (EBF) of Human Immune Virus (HIV) exposed infants for the first six months is strongly recommended and vital for protecting them against common childhood illnesses including diarrhea and pneumonia. Despite its benefit, EBF practice is low in developing countries including Ethiopia. There is a paucity of evidence for factors associated with EBF among HIV positive mothers. Objectives: To assess exclusive breast feeding practice and its associated factors among HIV positive mothers attending Prevention of mother to child transmission and Anti-retroviral therapy clinics in public Health facilities of Debre Birhan town Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia from February 01, 2020 to Apr 30, 2020Methods: Facility based convergent mixed methods design was used to conduct the study in public Health facilities of Debre Birhan town. Structured interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 432 participants selected by systematic random sampling technique. Epi info version 7 and SPSS version 20 were used for data entry and analysis respectively. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed during the analysis. Two focus group discussions and 25 in-depth interviews and observational checklist were held to collect data on barriers for exclusive breast feeding practice and thematic analysis was used to identify important insights on the study topic. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were conducted to select candidate variable and determine adjusted effect of independent variables respectively using p-value less than 0.05. The output from multivariate logistic regression were reported with 95% confidence interval.Results: The prevalence of exclusive breast feeding, mixed feeding and exclusive formula feeding practice were 89.8%, 6.9% and 3.2% respectively. Having information about EBF (No=0.02, 95% CI; 0.01, 0.12), time taking from home to workplace (less than 30 min=4.96, 95% CI; 1.17, 20.95), disclosing HIV status (No= 0.09, 95% CI; 0.02, 0.37), place of residence (urban=5.37, 95% CI; 1.12, 25.77), living with mother/mother in-law (No=6.03, 95% CI; 1.26, 28.86), knowledge about EBF (poor knowledge=0.06, 95% CI; 0.01, 0.34) were main factors for exclusive breast feeding practice. Poor counseling, non-disclosure of HIV status and pressure from mother/mother in-law were the commonly raised reasons by FGD and IDI participants for non-exclusive breast feeding practice. Conclusions: Majority of HIV positive mothers were practicing exclusive breast feeding for the first six month. Strengthening information dissemination, providing quality health services and empowering mothers through integrated interventions help to promote exclusive breast feeding practice among mothers living with HIV.

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Determinants of Exclusive Breast Feeding Practice among HIV Positive Mothers in North East Ethiopia: A mixed method study

Girma¹,

Minda

Hailu

et al. 2020

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“…Knowledge, attitudes and practices of infants' mothers Exclusive breastfeeding is practiced by 33% of women surveyed. This corroborates the results reported by UNICEF and some authors concerning the low prevalence of EBF in sub-Saharan Africa 3,13,14,[22][23][24][25] . In our case, the lack of awareness among women could explain this low prevalence, even though we have not explored other underlying reasons for the low practice of EBF.…”

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“…Some authors did work on the same subject as us. In these studies, the average age ranged from 26 to 30 years old 13,14,22,23 . This narrow variation in the average age reported could be explained by the fact that, like our study, these studies were carried out in other African countries (Cameroon, Tanzania, Tunisia and Mali).…”

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confidence: 99%

Determinants of the low practice, knowledge and attitude of exclusive breastfeeding in four health centres of the Talangaï Health District, Congo

Woromogo¹,

Elenga²,

Moussa³

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Objectives The objective of the study is to assess the determinants of the low practice, knowledge and attitudes of breastfeeding mothers in the Talangaï district of Congo.Study design An analytical knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) study about EBF in mothers of children aged 0-6 months was conducted.Methods A KAP analytical study was carried out from December 3, 2017, to July 15, 2018, based on the four health centers of the Talangaï health district in Congo Brazzaville. Using formula from Wayne W. Daniel, 357 mothers were included. The practice of EBF was determined based on a 24-h recall. The main variables studied were the socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers and their knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding EBF based on WHO recommendations. A logistic regression analysis was performed, and the odds ratio was calculated with a 95% confidence interval.Results The mean age was 26.8 years (± 5.9 years). Mothers with 2-3 children represented 42.6% of the sample. The prevalence of EBF among infants 0–6 months old was 33.9%. Mothers' knowledge, attitudes and practices were unsatisfactory (78.4%), favourable (79.5%) and bad (67.2%), respectively. Factors associated with satisfactory knowledge were being a public official [OR: 3.18 (1.39-7.28)] and/or multiparous [OR: 2.25 (1.23-4.11)]. Mothers who had satisfactory knowledge had a higher rating of having good practices on EBF.Conclusions Factors related to good knowledge among mothers are multiparity, age and being a civil servant. Promoters’ EBF must target mothers in all sectors of activity and even in the community by sensitizing them on the subject.

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“…13 Data from Indonesia confirmed these findings. 14 The relationship between knowledge and attitude towards breastfeeding are also reported in studies from Ethiopia, 15 Nepal, 16 Tunisia, 17 and Tanzania 18 , all indicating that mothers who have an adequate knowledge about breastfeeding have a higher likelihood or probability for exclusive breastfeeding.…”

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Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among White-Collar and Blue-Collar Workers in Indonesia

Basrowi

Sulistomo

Adi

et al. 2019

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Objective Working status is identified as a major risk factor of poor breastfeeding practices among workers. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and factors associated to breastfeeding practice among white-collar and blue-collar workers in Indonesia. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed in two factories and three government offices in Jakarta from December 2012 to February 2013. Subjects were female workers whose children aged 6 months to 24 years old and actively working in the factory and/or office. The factors studied were selected socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, score on knowledge and attitude and breastfeeding practice during working hours. Results From a total of 192 subjects, 73% of white-collar workers had good knowledge on breastfeeding, in contrast with 55% of blue-collar workers who had not good of breastfeeding knowledge (P<0.001). Most of the subjects were conducting breast pumping during working hours, however 15% of white-collar worker and 17% of blue-collar worker were never breastfeed nor breast pumping at work. Working status (P=0.005) and knowledge (P=0.002) were factors associated with breastfeeding practice among workers. Conclusion White-collar workers have a better knowledge, attitude, and practice toward breastfeeding. Knowledge improvement related to breastfeeding benefits and supports to working mothers are key priority, however advocacy to employers, manager, and supervisor in providing breastfeeding facilitations and programs support were also critical to successful breastfeeding practice among workers.

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Knowledge and practices of women in Monastir, Tunisia regarding breastfeeding

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Determinants of Exclusive Breast Feeding Practice among HIV Positive Mothers in North East Ethiopia: A mixed method study

Determinants of Exclusive Breast Feeding Practice among HIV Positive Mothers in North East Ethiopia: A mixed method study

Determinants of the low practice, knowledge and attitude of exclusive breastfeeding in four health centres of the Talangaï Health District, Congo

Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among White-Collar and Blue-Collar Workers in Indonesia

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