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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutritional Epidemiology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1465008
This article is part of the Research Topic Nutritional Management of Childhood Obesity and Related Diseases View all 7 articles

Complementary Food Hygiene Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers with Children Aged 6-23 Months in Dessie Zuria, South Wollo Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2023

Provisionally accepted
Yonas F. Adem Yonas F. Adem 1*Alemayehu T. Addis Alemayehu T. Addis 2Yeshimebet A. Dawed Yeshimebet A. Dawed 3Geleta M. Yimer Geleta M. Yimer 3
  • 1 Dessie Health Science College, Dessie, Ethiopia
  • 2 Zemen Post Graduate College, Dessie, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
  • 3 Wollo University, Dessie, Amhara, Ethiopia

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    Background: It's critical to implement appropriate complementary food hygiene practices to lower the incidence of foodborne disease and malnutrition in children. It is overlooked in resource-limited settings and information regarding this practice is not fully available and assessed enough. Therefore, this study aimed to assess complementary food hygiene practices and their associated factors in Dessie Zuria, South Wollo Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2023. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from April 17 to May 18, 2023, among 366 mothers who had children aged 6–23 months. Dessie Zuria was purposively selected, and a systematic random sampling technique was used to get the study participants. Data was collected using pretested and structured questionnaires. Finally, data was entered using EPI-info and then exported to SPSS version 26. Bi-variable and multi-variable logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with complementary feeding hygiene practices. Both crude odds ratios (COR) and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with a 95% confidence level (CI) were computed, and a P-value <0.05, in the final model, was considered statistically significant. Result: The proportion of complementary food hygiene practices was 22.22 % and household access to media like TV or radio (AOR=10.51, 95% CI: 2.8, 39.28), starting complementary feeding before 6 months (AOR=2.01,95%CI:1.05, 3.84) and child's age 6 to 11 months old (AOR=0.25, 95% CI:0.08, 0.7) were found associated factors of complementary food hygiene practices. Conclusion: the prevalence of complementary food hygiene practices was poor. Healthcare professionals should promote starting breastfeeding at the age of 6 months. Additionally, media companies ought to make an effort to create a positive social and cultural environment that encourages complementary feeding practices for young children.

    Keywords: complementary feeding, Hygiene practice, Associated factors, Children aged, 6-23 months

    Received: 15 Jul 2024; Accepted: 08 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Adem, Addis, Dawed and Yimer. 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: Yonas F. Adem, Dessie Health Science College, Dessie, Ethiopia

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