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Understanding the Enablers and Barriers to Appropriate Infants and Young Child Feeding Practices in India: A Systematic Review.
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- Investigation of Complementary Feeding Transition Behaviours in Mothers in the Process of Transition to Complementary Feeding: A Cross-Sectional Study.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Motivating and Hindering Factors Affecting Muslim Mothers' Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices in Select Municipalities of Maguindanao, BARMM, Philippines.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
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- Level of dietary diversity score and its predictors among children aged 6-23 months: a linear mixed model analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- 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
- Barriers and enablers to exclusive breastfeeding by mothers in Polokwane, South Africa.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Spatial Variation and Determinants of Inadequate Minimum Meal Frequency among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Ethiopia: Spatial and multilevel analysis using Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS) 2019.Annals of global health · 2024Article
- Trends and determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Indonesia: A multivariate decomposition analysis.PloS one · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Complementary Feeding Practices Among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Indonesia.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2022Article
- Determinants of Optimal Breastfeeding Practices in Indonesia: Findings From the 2017 Indonesia Demographic Health Survey.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2022Article
- Appropriate Complementary Feeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Who Have Children Aged between 6 and 24 Months in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Article
- Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices and their determinants in two Urban districts of India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Infant, Young Child Feeding Practices, their Influencers and Barriers in Dibrugarh District, Assam-A Mixed Method Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
Despite efforts to promote infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, there is no collective review of evidence on IYCF enablers and barriers in India. This review was conducted using 2015 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Six computerized bibliographic databases, Scopus, PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Embase, and Ovid MEDLINE, were searched for published studies on factors associated with IYCF practices in India from 1 January 1993, to 30 April 2020. IYCF practices examined were early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, continued breastfeeding at one year, introduction to solid semi-solid or soft foods, minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, minimum acceptable diet, continued breastfeeding at two years, predominant breastfeeding, and bottle feeding. In total, 6968 articles were retrieved, and 46 studies met the inclusion criteria. The common enablers of IYCF were higher maternal socioeconomic status (SES) and more frequent antenatal care visits (ANC) (≥3). Common barriers to IYCF practices were low SES and less frequent ANC. The review showed that the factors associated with IYCF practices in India are largely modifiable and multi-factorial. Improving IYCF practices would require the adoption of both facilities- and community-based policy interventions at the subnational and national levels in India.
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