Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Associated Maternal SocioDemographic Factors among Mothers Attending Imo State Specialist Hospital, Owerri, SouthEastern Nigeria

Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health
Research Article
Introduction: Breast milk is unique and contains the entire nutritional requirement a new born infants needs for the first year of life. Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as the consumption of no other food or liquids except breast milk and drops or syrups consisting of vitamin-mineral supplements or medicines for at least 4 months and if possible the first 6 months of life. The aim of this study was to determine the socio-demographic factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding practice in Imo specialist hospital, Owerri, south-eastern Nigeria
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