Consistency of the determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding in Ghana: insights from four Demographic and Health Survey datasets

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Authors

Precious Adade Duodu · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Henry Ofori Duah

Veronica Millicent Dzomeku · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Josephine Mensah · Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Ernest Darkwah · University of Ghana

Pascal Agbadi · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Abstract

The study revealed that the current estimate of the proportion of children achieving EIBF in Ghana was 55.1%, and delivery by caesarean section and region of residence consistently predicted the practice of EIBF in Ghana.

Topics & Keywords

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Child Nutrition and Water Access Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Health

Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 39-48

DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaa017

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