Table 3 Infant feeding practice among HIV-positive mothers at PMCT or ART clinics in Eastern Ethiopian hospitals, 2022(n = 371)
Variables | Response | frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
no | 68 | 18.3 | |
Ever breastfeed | Yes | 119 | 32.1 |
No | 252 | 67.9 | |
Time of first initiation of breast milk | within one hour | 2 | 1.7 |
after the first hour | 116 | 97.5 | |
expressed breast milk | Yes | 53 | 14.3 |
No | 318 | 85.7 | |
Breastfeed by another person | Yes | 83 | 22.4 |
No | 288 | 77.6 | |
expressed breast milk treated with heat | Yes | 0 | 0 |
No | 53 | 14.3 | |
Due to maternal illness | 14 | 27.4 | |
Feeding options you practiced | Exclusive breastfeeding | 300 | 80.9 |
Exclusive replacement feeding | 18 | 4.9 | |
Mixed feeding | 53 | 14.3 | |
initiated complementary feeding | Yes | 321 | 86.5 |
No | 50 | 13.5 | |
When to start Complementary initiation | At six month | 116 | 36.1 |
After six month | 205 | 63.9 | |
feeding practices | Safe | 338 | 91.1 |
unsafe | 33 | 8.9 |