dc.contributor.author | Sleyyumali, Nasra | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-24T09:13:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-24T09:13:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/97840 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background:
Breastfeeding is an important tool of preventing childhood illnesses, obesity, and
hypertension later on in life. In addition it reduces the cost to the family and the entire
country. Exclusive breastfeeding is highly recommended for the first six months of life.
There is a lack of up to date data on the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in
Zanzibar.
Since Zanzibar is semi -autonomous country, locally relevant research will better inform
policy formulation of government's policy on promotion of EBF in a country whose
cultural and life style offers little supportive to EBF.(Zanzibar)
Objectives:
To determine the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers with the
infants under 6 months of age attending MCH clinic at Mnazi mmoja hospital
Zanzibar , and to identify the factors associated with EBF.
Method :
This was a cross section hospital based study. The mothers who attended MCH clinic
were screened to determine their eligibility( mothers with infants under 6 months of
age). The study was explained to the eligible candidates , and informed consent was
obtained.. Those mothers who accepted signed the consent, and were enrolled into the
study. A questionnaire was administered for collecting the data from 248 mother infant
-pair . All the infants whose mothers were interviewed were examined the mothers found
to have poor knowledge or practice of breastfeeding was counseled.
Study Design:
Cross sectional descriptive hospital based study.
Study Area:
Mnazi mmoja hospital MCH clinic
Results:
The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding for the infants aged < 6 months was 48.3%.
The prevalence of EBF was 68.1% among < 2 months old infants, 52.5% among 2-3
months old infants and 25% among 4-5months old infants.
The male infants were 58.9%, slightly more than females. The mean age of the mothers
who were interviewed was 29 years. 57.3% of mothers were multi gravid, 76.7% were
married, 58.5% had secondary education, and 47.2% were housewives. Majority of
mothers attended antenatal clinic (ANC) 97.5%. Initiator of breastfeeding within the first
hour after birth was 79.9% and 79.8% knew that breastfeeding was nutritious to the baby.
The factors which were found to be associated with more of exclusively breastfeeding
were occupation of the mother with p value of 0.05, education of the mother p value of
0.01, attending the ANC of p value of 0.02.
There was no statistically significant association between exclusive breastfeeding and
sex of the baby, parity, age of the mother, mode of delivery.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of exclusive breast feeding among the infants aged < 6 month at Mnazi
mmoja hospital was 48.3%. There was a gradual decline in rate from at < 2 months 68%
to 25% at 4-5 month .Mothers with higher education were more likely to exclusive
breastfeed their infants. And least when the mother is in formal employment.
Recommendations:
More training and awareness campaigns should be done to improve the prevalence of
EBF in Zanzibar.
The mothers in formal employment should be given more support to enable them
exclusively breastfeed their infants longer. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants Under 6 Months Old | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants Under 6 Months Old Attending Mnazi Mmoja Hospital Zanzibar | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |