Aims: The aims of this study was to analyze the influence of knowledge Practices and,Culture on the low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding. Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding is breastfeeding as early as possible after delivery, given without schedule, and not given other foo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i9850
Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is a nutrition specific intervention that is crucial to growth and development of a young child and contributes to the attainment of sustainable development goals. Aim: To determine the level of awareness, prevalence and determinants of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i430108
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) involves giving only breastmilk without addition of any complementary foods during the first 6 months of life. Diarrhoeal diseases is the second leading cause of death in under five children globally. On the other hand, exclusively breastfed infants...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/32877
Exclusive Breastfeeding for 6 months by HIV infected mothers has been recommended by the Nigeria National guidelines on Preventing Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. This study was designed to assess the knowledge of Health Care Providers in secondary healthcare facilit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/43556
Aims: This study was conducted to assess breastfeeding (BF) among the mothers in the Gaza Strip, particularly to determine the prevalence and the associated factors of Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF), and to explore mothers’ EBF perceptions and practices. Study Design: A mixed meth...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39292