Table 2.

Overview of factors influencing caregivers’ complementary feeding practices in Rwanda

Facilitators	Barriers
Individual level
Knowledge about breast-feeding and complementary feeding	Maternal beliefs about breast milk production and infant hunger cues Beliefs about appropriate complementary foods Availability and affordability of complementary foods
Group level
Information and counselling about child feeding	Dependence of the mother on the father's financial support Burden of other household chores and farming activities by the caregiver
Society level
	Poverty