Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Aged 6-24 Months in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019.

Atsedemariam AndualemAfework EdmealemBelachew TegegneLehulu TilahunYitayish Damtie

Published in: Journal of nutrition and metabolism (2020)

Prevalence of timely initiation of complementary feeding was high as compared to the national prevalence. Mothers' educational status, getting counsel about complementary feeding, and knowledge were factors associated with timely initiation of complementary feeding. Therefore, awareness creation, counseling, and health education should be done on society by concerned bodies to improve timely introduction of complementary feeding level more than this result.

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