Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria
Objective: To determine breastfeeding practices and the nutritional status of infants under six months in Jos north LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed. 310 mother-infant pairs were selected as study sample from three primary health care centers in the stu...
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| author | Jacdonmi, Itse Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Ismail, Suriani Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim Jacdonmi, Gbubemi R. |
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| description | Objective: To determine breastfeeding practices and the nutritional status of infants under six months in Jos north LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed. 310 mother-infant pairs were selected as study sample from three primary health care centers in the study location. Data collection consisted of the administration of a validated questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were taken. Results: 39.7 % were seen to practice exclusive breastfeeding while 60.3 practiced non-exclusive breastfeeding. 33 % of infants had already been introduced to complementary foods even before theage of 6 months. In terms of prevalence of malnutrition among males, 13.2 % were severely stunted, 1.6 % were severely underweight and 6.5 % were wasted. Among females, 8.4 % were severely stunted, 0.6 % were severely underweight and 6.6% were severely wasted. There was a significant difference in nutritional indices and breastfeeding patterns (p<0.05). Conclusion: For a decline in malnutrition prevalence, the early introduction of complementary foods by mothers and care givers must be strongly discouraged. Counselling should be targeted at mothers to encourage exclusively breastfeed for 6 months after which appropriate and adequate complementary foods should be introduced. |
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| spelling | upm-534072017-10-27T04:37:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53407/ Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria Jacdonmi, Itse Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Ismail, Suriani Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim Jacdonmi, Gbubemi R. Objective: To determine breastfeeding practices and the nutritional status of infants under six months in Jos north LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed. 310 mother-infant pairs were selected as study sample from three primary health care centers in the study location. Data collection consisted of the administration of a validated questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were taken. Results: 39.7 % were seen to practice exclusive breastfeeding while 60.3 practiced non-exclusive breastfeeding. 33 % of infants had already been introduced to complementary foods even before theage of 6 months. In terms of prevalence of malnutrition among males, 13.2 % were severely stunted, 1.6 % were severely underweight and 6.5 % were wasted. Among females, 8.4 % were severely stunted, 0.6 % were severely underweight and 6.6% were severely wasted. There was a significant difference in nutritional indices and breastfeeding patterns (p<0.05). Conclusion: For a decline in malnutrition prevalence, the early introduction of complementary foods by mothers and care givers must be strongly discouraged. Counselling should be targeted at mothers to encourage exclusively breastfeed for 6 months after which appropriate and adequate complementary foods should be introduced. Association of Medical Researchers 2016-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53407/1/Nutritional%20status%20assessment%20among%20infants%20under%20six%20months%20.pdf Jacdonmi, Itse and Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam and Ismail, Suriani and Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim and Jacdonmi, Gbubemi R. (2016) Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria. Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research, 5 (2). pp. 554-563. ISSN 2250-284X; ESSN: 2250-2858 http://ijbamr.com/details-current-issue.html?id=25 |
| spellingShingle | Jacdonmi, Itse Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Ismail, Suriani Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim Jacdonmi, Gbubemi R. Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| title | Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in jos north lga, plateau state, nigeria |
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