ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2019
Formula Feeding and Associated Factors among a Group of Egyptian Mothers.
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- Why do mothers mix milk feed their infants? Results from a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to support the re-establishment of breastfeeding and their application in humanitarian settings: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Formula feeding knowledge, practice, and associated factors among mothers visiting public hospitals with infants under six months in Southwest, Ethiopia, 2022.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Infant formula feeding and associated factors in Debre Berhan City: A community based cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Formula feeding and associated factors among mothers with infants 0-6 months old in Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Formula Feeding Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers Who Visited Health Facilities for Their Infants Aged Below 6 Months in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
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- Time to Resumption of Menses, Spatial Distribution, and Predictors Among Post-partum Period Women in Ethiopia, Evidence From Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 Data: Gompertz Inverse Gaussian Shared Frailty Model.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Article
- Formula feeding practice and associated factors among mothers with infants 0-6 months of age in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreastfeeding provides an unequalled way of infant nutrition, despite that, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months in Egypt is only 13%, and the rates of artificial feeding are rising.
aimThe current study aimed to explore the reasons for the use of artificial feeding among mothers receiving subsidised milk from formula dispensing centres in Egypt, and to detect the reasons behind the use of a formula only for infant feeding rather than mixed breastfeeding and artificial feeding.
methodsThis exploratory cross-sectional study involved 197 mothers; who attended centres for dispensing subsidised artificial formula at primary health care facilities (PHC) in El-Fayom and Ismailia governorates via a purposive sampling technique. The study spanned over 6-months duration from June till December 2018.
resultsA statistically significant higher percentage of artificial feeding only was noticed in male infants (47.5% in the AF group only versus 28.7% in the mixed feeding group (p = 0.018), and infants aged 6-12 months (47.5% in the AF group only versus 28.7% in the mixed feeding group, p = 0.032). A statistically significant higher percentage of artificial feeding only was noticed among infants born to mothers who have general anaesthesia during labour (67.2% in the AF group only versus 41.9% in the mixed feeding group, p = 0.004), and among infants born to mothers who think that formula feeding is better (13.1% in the AF group only versus 0.7% in the mixed feeding group, or that formula has a similar quality to breast milk (6.6%% in the AF group only versus 4.4% in the mixed feeding group, p = 0.0004. The most common reasons for formula feeding reported by both groups were perceived breast milk insufficiency (60.9%), weak babies (50.3%), and doctors' advice (37%). Previous negative breastfeeding experience and the need for own body privacy were the two reasons which differed statistically in both groups p = 0.004 and 0.008, respectively.
conclusionAntenatal care education is essential to improve mothers' knowledge and practice of breastfeeding. Baby-friendly hospital initiative implementation is essential to ensure early initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.
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