Sociodemographic Factors Affecting the Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Mothers Attending Brikama District Hospital, West Coast Region, The Gambia

Evelyn Anuli Uyamadu; Pierre Anthony Mendy; Edrisa Jawo; Edward Mendy; Matty Kah; Ismaila Mbenga; Alpha Kargbo

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Sociodemographic Factors Affecting the Practices of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Mothers Attending Brikama District Hospital, West Coast Region, The Gambia

Evelyn Anuli Uyamadu, Pierre Anthony Mendy, Edrisa Jawo, Edward Mendy, Matty Kah, Ismaila Mbenga, Alpha Kargbo

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World Health Assembly resolution emphasized on countries to ensure that maternal and child nutrition especially the six global targets are met by 2025, and it was all clamored for more efforts to be put on increasing the rate of exclusive breastfeeding by 50%. To support a child's best growth and development, exclusive breastfeeding should be observed for the first six months after birth followed by supplemental feeding for two years or longer. This study investigates the sociodemographic factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers with children who are two years or less attending antenatal care in Brikama Health Center, The Gambia. Structured and pretested interviews and questionnaires were used to obtain data from study participants respectively. Face-to-face interviews with mothers on their clinic days were used to collect data during the one-month study period and descriptive statistics were carried out using SPSS for Windows version 20.0. A total of 384 women participated in this study, out of which, the majority, 240 (62.5%) of participants had exclusively breastfed their babies. Above half 168 (44%) of the mothers had breastfed their babies on demand, majority of them 49 (21%) reported that they had given their babies lactating milk or bformulaulae food before the sixth month. The results show a significant relationship between Type of family (p=0.002), Religion (p=0.035), Ethnicity (p=0.005), Type of deliveries (p=0.023), and Place of birth (p=0.001) and practice of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). Concerning the frequency of EBF, Educational status and Occupation showed a significant relationship (p=0.032 and 0.051) respectively. Type of family, religion, ethnicity, type of delivery, place of birth, educational status, mother's occupation, and child's sex were the socio-demographic characteristics that influenced exclusive breastfeeding in this study. In planning exclusive breastfeeding intervention programs, these factors need to be considered.

Published in	Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jfmhc.20230903.11
Page(s)	41-48
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Exclusive Breastfeeding, Brikama, Practice, Socio-Demographic, Mothers

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Evelyn Anuli Uyamadu

Department of Public and Environmental Health, The University of the Gambia, Brikama, Banjul, Gambia
Pierre Anthony Mendy

Department of Physical and Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, the University of the Gambia, Brikama, Banjul, Gambia
Edrisa Jawo

Directorate of Research and Consultancy, The University of the Gambia, Banjul, Gambia
Edward Mendy

WASCAL-Graduate Research Program in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Universite de Lome, Lome, Togo
Matty Kah

School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The University of the Gambia, Brikama, Banjul, Gambia
Ismaila Mbenga

Department of Physical and Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, the University of the Gambia, Brikama, Banjul, Gambia
Alpha Kargbo

Department of Physical and Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, the University of the Gambia, Brikama, Banjul, Gambia

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