First Hour Initiation of Breast Feeding &Associated Factors, among Mothers at Post Natal Ward in Fort Portal Referral Hospital, Uganda

• 作者: Margaret Rukindo Mathias Tumwebaze Elizabeth Manimake Mijumbi
• 来源期刊: 流行病学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Practice of First Hour Initiation of Breast Feeding Postnatal Mothers Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 1-15
• 页数: 15页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

<strong>Background:</strong> Breast milk is recommended as the best feeding option to neonates and infants for it confers immunological benefits that help to reduce neonatal and infant morbidities and mortalities. WHO recommends that all infants should start breast feeding within one hour of birth <em>i.e.</em> early initiation of breast feeding (EIBF). Unfortunately, studies show that less than 40% of infants in resource limited settings Uganda inclusive are initiated on breast feeding practice, with no documented study done in Kabarole district to assess the problem. This study therefore, set out to establish the prevalence and associated factors with the practice of first hour initiation of breast feeding at Fort Portal Regional Hospital, Kabarole district, Uganda. <strong>Methods:</strong> With a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 330 post natal mothers and their live-born infants at Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital from 5^th-20^th August 2019. With a standard interviewer administered tool, mothers who initiated breast feeding within the first hour after delivery of their newly born babies responded with yes and those that did not with a no. Prevalence of one hour initiation was got considering infants that were initiated on breast within one hour over the total live birth times 100 to get the percent prevalence. With Stata version 13 software, statistically significant relationships of the predisposing factors were determined at a <em>p</em>-value (<em>p</em> ≤ 0.05) at bivariate and at multivariate regression coefficient. <strong>Results:</strong> A total of 330 postnatal mothers targeted for this study, 100% response rate was covered. Mothers’ age ranged from 18 - 45 years with mean age 31 SD ± 6. The prevalence of initiation of breast feeding in the first hour of birth was 68%, a third of (32%) mothers had not initiated breast feeding in the first hour. A half (50%) of the direct predisposing factors for non-initiation of timely breastfeeding were due to birth as