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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Family Medicine and Primary Care
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1487179

Colostrum Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers Who Come for Postnatal Care to Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Arsi Zone, South-East Ethiopia

Provisionally accepted
Ahmed Hiko Ahmed Hiko 1,2Gisha Haji Gisha Haji 3*Gebi Agero Gebi Agero 3*Amde Eshete Amde Eshete 3*
  • 1 College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
  • 2 School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
  • 3 School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia, Asella, Ethiopia

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    Background: Every day throughout the world more than 4,000 infants and young children die because colostrum feeding was not initiated within an hour of birth as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund. Even though breastfeeding is common in Ethiopia, the widespread belief that colostrum feeding causes morbidity and mortality among neonates still exists Objective: To assess the colostrum feeding practice and It's associated factors among mothers who come for Post-

    Keywords: Colostrum feeding, Practice, Post-Natal, Asella, Southeast Ethiopia

    Received: 27 Aug 2024; Accepted: 29 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Hiko, Haji, Agero and Eshete. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Gisha Haji, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia, Asella, Ethiopia
    Gebi Agero, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia, Asella, Ethiopia
    Amde Eshete, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia, Asella, Ethiopia

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