ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2014
Determinants of early initiation, exclusiveness, and duration of breastfeeding in Uganda.
Article in Journal of health, population, and nutrition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparative effects of three methods of promoting breastfeeding among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in Uganda: a parallel randomized clinical trial.International health · 2018Trial
- Prevalence of Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation and Its Risk Factors Among Reproductive Aged Women in Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Somalia Health and Demographic Survey.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding practices among mothers in Mauritania: further analysis from 2019-2021 Mauritania demographic and health survey.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Reflections of adolescent motherhood on infant and young child feeding practices: the case of Uganda.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Article
- Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding practice among HIV-positive mothers in Tanzania. An exploratory qualitative study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Context of HIV:medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic and health-related factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in 77 districts of Uganda.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Associated Factors among Mothers in Karongi District, Rwanda.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2023Article
- Current findings and gaps in early initiation of breastfeeding practices in sub-Saharan African countries: A scoping review.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Prevalence and predictors of delayed initiation of breastfeeding among postnatal women at a tertiary hospital in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- To determine the survival, prevalence and associated factors of exclusive breastfeeding practices in South India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Article
- Analysis of Supporting Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice in the Urban Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among children less than 24 months old: the 2019 Ethiopian mini demographic and health survey.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- Determinants of Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in West Belessa District, Northwest Ethiopia.Nutrition and metabolic insights · 2022Article
- Consistency of the determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Ghana: insights from four Demographic and Health Survey datasets.International health · 2021Article
- Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea: a population-based study using the 2016-2018 demographic and health survey data.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2020Article
- Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding among rural mothers of infants less than six months of age in Southern Nations, Nationalities, Peoples (SNNP) and Tigray regions, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.International breastfeeding journal · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Breastfeeding practices in Uganda are contrary to the best practice recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). Only six in 10 Ugandan children below the age of six months are exclusively breastfed. This paper investigated the determinants of breastfeeding practices in Uganda. Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) of 2006, we employed probit and Cox's regression techniques as well as the Kaplan-Meier survival functions during the analysis. On average, 56% and 46% initiated breastfeeding in the first hour and practised exclusive breastfeeding respectively while 25%, 50%, and 75% terminated breastfeeding at 18, 24, and 26 months respectively. The mean number of months of breastfeeding was 14.1, and the maximum was 40. Hospital delivery increased the probability of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding by 4-5% (p < 0.01) and 7-8% (p < 0.01) respectively. Prenatal care increased the probability of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding by 6-7% (p < 0.05) and 5-7% (p < 0.05) respectively. Birth intervals less than 24 months increased the risk of early termination of breastfeeding by 19% (p < 0.01). Hospital delivery and prenatal care should be made a priority, and mothers should be encouraged to adopt higher birth intervals.
Indexed as
Identifiers
25076662PMC4216961What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.