Open AccessInitiation of Breast Milk Expression and Associated Factors Among Mothers of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Government Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,2020
Author(s) -
Misgana Hirpha,
Hussen Mekonnen,
Fikrtemariam Abebe Fenta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s294032
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , breast milk , low birth weight , logistic regression , birth weight , gestational age , obstetrics , pediatrics , breast feeding , public health , pregnancy , nursing , biology , biochemistry , genetics
In early preterm and very low birth weight, breast milk expression is an optimal solution to continue with breastfeeding. This study aimed to assess the initiation of breast milk expression and associated factors among preterm and low birth weight mothers in the neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals in Addis Ababa.