Pawan Acharya|Vishnu Khanal
The effect of mother’s educational status on early initiation of breastfeeding: further analysis of three consecutive Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys
Nepal Red Cross Society|Nepal Red Cross Society
world health organization recommends initiating breastfeeding within first hour birth study aimed assessing effect mothers education early initiation breastfeedingdata nepal demographic health surveys ndhs 2001 2006 2011 used included 12845 last born children born within 5 years surveys early initiation breastfeeding defined initiation breastfeeding within first hour birth hierarchical modelling used ascertain association maternal education early initiation breastfeeding controlling covariates multiple logistic regressionmaternal education associated higher likelihood early initiation breastfeeding survey pooled data analysis revealed higher odds early initiation breastfeeding among mothers primary education adjusted odds ratio 124 95 confidence interval ci 109 142 secondary higher education 163 95 ci 142 188 recent ndhs 2011 survey odds early initiation breastfeeding higher among mothers primary education 152 95 ci 121 191 mothers secondary higher education 220 95 ci 176 276 compared mothers education similarly odds early initiation breastfeeding higher among mothers secondary higher education 2006 data 166 95 ci 130 212 2001 130 95 ci 100 167as association mothers educational status likelihood early initiation breastfeeding increases longterm approaches prioritising education women girls explored short term uneducated mothers targeted breastfeeding promotion strategies counselling peer education