Exclusive breastfeeding practice: its implication on nutrition status, growth and morbidity pattern among infants aged 0-6 months
Abstract
Breast
-
feeding is an important determinant of a child’s nutritional status that eventually influences his/her growth and
development. This study sought to assess the exclusive breastfeeding rate
and determine its association with nutrition status,
growth and morbidity pattern among infants aged 0
-
6 months in a peri urban settlement of Kangemi
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Nairobi County, Kenya.
A descriptive cross
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sectional study was conducted. A random sample of 334 infants
was studied. Data collection tools and
methods included a semi
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structured questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. A c
hi
-
square test was used to find
associations at a significance level of 0.05. Findings showed that
over a half (52.7%) of study infa
nts were girls and almost a
half (47.3%) were boys.
The mean age was 3
±
1.8 months.
The exclusive breastfeeding rate was 45.5% and it was associated
with growth and stunting (9.3%) among study infants.
Wasting (
3.1%), underweight (4.5%) and morbidity patter
n were not
related with exclusive breastfeeding
URI
http://www.gifre.org/admin/papers/gjbahs/breastfeeding-vol-3-1-gjbahs.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/77664
Citation
Ayisi, R K., & Wakoli, A B (2014). Exclusive breastfeeding practice: its implication on nutrition status, growth and morbidity pattern among infants aged 0-6 month. G.J.B.A.H.S. , 3 ( 1 ): 254 - 258Publisher
University of Nairobi
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