Correlates of the Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Rupandehi District, Nepal

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15715751
AutoresD Acharya (0000-0003-2270-7667, Kathmandu University), Radha Subedi (College of Medical Sciences), Kwan Lee (0000-0002-9454-1945, Dongguk University, autor correspondente), Seok‐Ju Yoo (0000-0001-9764-8097, Dongguk University), Salila Gautam (College of Medical Sciences), Jitendra Kumar Singh (0000-0003-1691-8062)
Ano2018
Volume5
Fascículo8
Páginas106-106
Data de publicação2018-08-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChildren (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children5080106
PMID30082617
OpenAlexW2886504445
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas26

Although the predictors of the timely initiation of complementary feeding are well-known elsewhere, there is less awareness of the topic in Nepal. The current study was undertaken to identify the correlates of timely initiation of complementary feeding among children aged 6−23 months. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Rupandehi district, Nepal. A total of 155 mother-child pairs were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Logistic regression with adjustment for potential confounders was employed to examine the independent association between risk factors and the timely initiation of complementary feeding. Fewer than 3 in 5 children aged 6−23 months received complementary feeding at the recommended time. Literate mothers and a maternal occupation in the service or business sectors were found to be associated with complementary feeding at 6 months. In addition, child characteristics such as birth order, male children, and those fed micronutrients were also more likely to have been received complementary feeding at 6 months than their counterparts. Maternal education and occupation, and child characteristics such as, birth order, male gender, and micronutrient consumption, which are correlates of the timely initiation of complementary feeding, suggest that the Nepalese Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programme should target these predictors while designing preventive strategies

Birth order · Breast feeding · Confounding · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Micronutrient · Population · Systematic sampling · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Medicine · Pediatrics