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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Infant feeding practices among HIV-positive women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, indicate a need for more intensive infant feeding counselling
Public Health Nutrition, Volume 13, No. 12, Year 2010
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Objective To assess feeding practices of infants born to HIV-positive women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. These data then served as a proxy to evaluate the adequacy of current infant feeding counselling.Design A cross-sectional survey of infant feeding behaviours.Setting Four clinics in greater Dar es Salaam in early 2008.Subjects A total of 196 HIV-positive mothers of children aged 6-10 months recruited from HIV clinics.Results Initiation of breast-feeding was reported by 954 % of survey participants. In the entire sample, 801 %, 342 % and 133 % of women reported exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) up to 2, 4 and 6 months, respectively. Median duration of EBF among women who ever breast-fed was 3 (interquartile range (IQR): 21, 40) months. Most non-breast-milk foods fed to infants were low in nutrient density. Complete cessation of breast-feeding occurred within 14 d of the introduction of non-breast-milk foods among 138 of the 187 children (738 %) who had ever received any breast milk. Of the 187 infants in the study who ever received breast milk, 194 % received neither human milk nor any replacement milks for 1 week or more (median duration of no milk was 14 (IQR: 7, 152) d).Conclusions Infant feeding practices among these HIV-positive mothers resulted in infants receiving far less breast milk and more mixed complementary feeds than recommended, thus placing them at greater risk of both malnutrition and HIV infection. An environment that better enables mothers to follow national guidelines is urgently needed. More intensive infant feeding counselling programmes would very likely increase rates of optimal infant feeding. Copyright © 2010 The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Young, Sera L.
United States, Sacramento
Uc Davis Medical Center
United States, Ithaca
Cornell University
Israel-Ballard, Kiersten A.
United States, Seattle
Path Seattle
Dantzer, Emily A.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
University Research Co.
Ngonyani, Monica M.
United States, Sacramento
Uc Davis Medical Center
Nyambo, Margaret T.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
University Research Co.
Ash, Deborah M.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
University Research Co.
Chantry, C.
United States, Sacramento
Uc Davis Medical Center
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S1368980010001539
e-ISSN:
14752727
Research Areas
Food Security
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Female