Table 4.
Infant feeding practices of HIV-positive mothers receiving PMTCT service in public health facilities of Adama and Bishoftu towns, January, 2016
| Infant feeding practices | 0–5 months | 6–11 months | 12–17 months | 0–17 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
| Ever breastfed (n = 283) | ||||||||
| Yes | 121 | 93.1 | 97 | 94.2 | 46 | 92 | 264 | 93.3 |
| No | 9 | 6.9 | 6 | 5.8 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6.7 |
| Time of initiation of breastfeeding (n = 283) | ||||||||
| Within first hour | 91 | 70 | 66 | 64.1 | 39 | 78 | 196 | 69.3 |
| After first hour | 39 | 30 | 37 | 35.9 | 11 | 22 | 87 | 30.7 |
| Ever gave expressed breast milk (n = 264)a | ||||||||
| Yes | 2 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.3 | 5 | 1.8 |
| No | 124 | 98.4 | 93 | 97.9 | 42 | 97.7 | 259 | 98.2 |
| Practiced exclusive replacement feeding (n = 283) | ||||||||
| Yes | 8 | 6.2 | 7 | 6.8 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6.7 |
| No | 122 | 93.8 | 96 | 93.2 | 46 | 92 | 264 | 93.3 |
| Practiced mixed feeding (n = 264)a | ||||||||
| Yes | 9 | 7.1 | 8 | 8.4 | 5 | 11.6 | 22 | 8.3 |
| No | 117 | 92.9 | 87 | 91.6 | 38 | 88.8 | 242 | 91.7 |
| Breastfeeding the baby at the time of the survey (n = 264)a | ||||||||
| Yes | 120 | 95.2 | 83 | 87.4 | 23 | 53.5 | 226 | 85.6 |
| No | 6 | 4.8 | 12 | 12.6 | 20 | 46.5 | 38 | 14.4 |
| Age of child at cessation of breastfeeding (n = 38)b | ||||||||
| < 12 months | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 47.4 |
| > 12 months | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 52.6 |
aCalculated among 264 mothers who ever breastfed their infants
bCalculated among 38 mothers who already discontinued breastfeeding at the time of the study
- Age disaggregated figures are not provided due to small denominators