Charmaine S Ng|Michael J. Dibley|Kingsley Agho
Complementary feeding indicators and determinants of poor feeding practices in Indonesia: a secondary analysis of 2007 Demographic and Health Survey data
University of Sydney|University of Sydney|Western Sydney University
present study aimed assess complementary feeding practices identify potential risk factors associated inappropriate complementary feeding indonesia nationally representative sample births 2004 2007the data source analysis 2007 indonesia demographic health survey multiple logistic regression performed analyse factors associated complementary feeding using individual household communitylevel determinantsindonesiachildren n 4604 aged 623 monthsmultivariate analysis revealed infants poor households significantly less likely introduced complementary feeding adjusted odds ratio aor 432 95 ci 146 1280 meet minimum dietary diversity aor 176 95 ci 116 268 mothers education aor education dietary diversity 192 95 ci 109 338 aor education meal frequency 203 95 ci 113 364 aor education acceptable diet 384 95 ci 207 712 residence decreased age infant negatively associated minimum dietary diversity minimum meal frequency acceptable diet infants aged 611 months also significantly less likely meet minimum dietary diversity aor 636 95 ci 473 856 minimum meal frequency aor 230 95 ci 179 296 minimum acceptable diet aor 227 95 ci 167 309 geographical regions compared sumatra likely give recommended meal frequency acceptable diet breastfed childrenpublic health interventions improve complementary feeding address individual household communitylevel factors significantly influence introduction complementary feeding complementary feeding intervention programmes indonesia ensure restraints families low socioeconomic status addressed infants aged 611 months mothers low education levels may also need special focus promotion strategies also target healthcare delivery system media