Feeding practices during childhood illness and associated factors among mothers of children under 24 month olds in southwest Ethiopia: A Facility-based cross-sectional study design
The study revealed inadequate feeding practices for sick infants and young children. Therefore, implementing targeted solutions such as offering training programs and support networks for mothers, enhancing parental awareness, encouraging regular postnatal care visits, promoting feeding for sick infants and young children, strengthening nutritional education, and initiating food security initiatives can effectively improve feeding practices among mothers and caregivers during childhood illnesses.
Authors
- Assefa Desalew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-0708)
- Ebissa Bayana Kebede (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5611-6799)
- Dawit Hailu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1150-2275)
- Vinod V. Bagilkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5230-0748)
- Tigist Demeke
- Mulualem Keneni
- Tesfaye Asfaw
- Fentahun Meseret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7669-3259)
- Merga Garoma Jatu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6030-1524)
Institutions
- Jimma University (ET)
- Haramaya University (ET)
- Crescent University (NG)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research (ZW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05978-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.12
Funders
- Haramaya University
- Jimma University