ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2014
Complementary feeding practice of mothers and associated factors in Hiwot Fana Specialized Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia.
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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
57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Breast and complementary feeding in Ethiopia: new national evidence from systematic review and meta-analyses of studies in the past 10 years.European journal of nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review of infant and young child complementary feeding practices in South Asian families: the India perspective.Public health nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of message-framing intervention on complementary feeding related behaviors among mothers with infants aged 4-8 months: a 3-arm randomized controlled trial.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2019Trial
- Influence of Maternal Lifestyle and Child Health Practices on the Health and Nutrition of Children Under Five Years Old: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Feeding practices of under-two children in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Optimal Complementary Feeding Practices and Determinants Among 6-23 Months Aged Children's Mothers in Kedida Gamela District and Durame Town, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Comparative Study.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Infant and young child feeding in rural Bangladesh: insights into knowledge, practices, and associated factors.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Malnutrition among Parents of Under-Five Children with Disabilities in Rwanda.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2025Article
- Determinants of sub-optimal complementary feeding practices among caregivers of children aged 6-23 months in low-and middle-income countries: scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effect of male partners' involvement and support on reproductive, maternal and child health and well-being in East Africa: A scoping review.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Timely initiation of complementary feeding and associated factors among mothers having children aged 6 to 24 months in North-West Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Article
- Level of completion of a continuum of age-appropriate infant feeding practices and barriers among breastfeeding mothers in Ethiopia: a mixed methods study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Practice of key essential nutrition action messages and associated factors among mothers of children aged six months to two years old in Karat town, Konso zone, South Ethiopia, 2024: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Article
- Sick child's feeding practices and associated factors among mothers with sick children aged less than 2 years in Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia. Does the participation of fathers contribute to improving nutrition? A facility-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Timely initiation of complementary feeding practices and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Dessie Zuria District, Northeast Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Theory of Planned Behavior Approach on Complementary Feeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Identifying Predictors for Minimum Dietary Diversity and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children Aged 6-23 Months in Uganda.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Determinants of timely initiation of complementary feeding among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionMalnutrition remains one of the main public health problems. Over one third of under-five mortality is caused by under nutrition related to inadequate complementary feeding. This study was aimed to assess of complementary feeding practice and associated factors.
methodsCross sectional study design was conducted to assess complementary feeding practice of mothers to their young children in Hiwot Fana specialized hospital in January 2013. Systematic sampling method was used to select 200 mothers to child pair to assess their timely initiation of complementary feeding and associated factors. Data were collected by using semi-structured questionnaire for face to face interview method. Descriptive statistics, binary and multiple logistic regressions were used for data analysis.
resultsThe prevalence of timely initiate of complementary feeding was 60.5%. Nineteen percent of mothers were initiate complementary before 6 months. The reason for too early initiation of complementary feeding was lack of knowledge and perceive inadequate breast milk production by mothers 17(47.2%), 11(30.6%) respectively. Mothers have male child three times more likely timely initiate complementary feeding than female child (AOR 2.9,95% CI 1.2-7.3). This might be due to traditional gender norm that discriminate female feeding "female eat little talk little" this might start at early age life.
conclusionMore than half of them initiated complementary feeding timely which was low. The main reason reported by the mothers for early initiation of complementary feeding was lack of knowledge. Mothers who have male child were three times more likely timely initiate complementary feeding than female child. Information about importance of timely initiation of complementary feeding should be implemented via information education and behavioral change communications, and integrating with health extension package is recommended.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What 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.