TY - JOUR ID - 7811 TI - Determinants of Complementary Feeding Practices among Children Aged 6-23: a Community based Study JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Kamran, Aziz AU - Sharifirad, Gholamreza AU - Nasiri, Khadijeh AU - Soleymanifard, Parisa AU - Savadpour, Mohammadthagi AU - Akbar Haghighat, Maryam AD - Public Health Department, Khalkhal Faculty of Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. AD - Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran. AD - Nursing Department, Khalkhal Faculty of Medical Sciences, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 4551 EP - 4560 KW - Child KW - Complementary Feeding KW - Minimum dietary diversity KW - Minimum meal frequency KW - Minimum acceptable diet DO - 10.22038/ijp.2016.7811 N2 - BackgroundComplementary feeding practices play an important role in growth and development of the children. This study aimed to determine the complementary feeding practices status among children aged 6- 23 months and its association with various socio- demographic factors.Materials and MethodsThis community based cross-sectional study was conducted at field practice area of Urban Health Centers in Khalkhal city, North West of Iran. In the preset study 576 mothers of children aged 6-23 months were selected with multistage random sampling method and interviewed using structured questionnaire for Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicators (minimum dietary diversity (MDD), minimum meal frequency (MMF), and minimum acceptable diet (MAD). Data were analyzed with using SPSS-20.0, Chi-square, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression tests.ResultsFindings showed that MDD, MMF and MAD were adequate in 42.3%, 42.7% and 30.9%, respectively. MDD and MAD was significantly associated with gender of child, type of delivery, birth order of child, mothers literacy and health literacy (P<0.001); MMF was significantly associated with health literacy and literacy status of mother, birth order of child (P<0.001).ConclusionThe study revealed that majority of mothers practiced inadequate complementary feeding. The feeding practices were found to be significantly associated with various socio- demographic factors which highlighted the importance of addressing these factors for improvement of feeding practices and prevention of various health related problems among children. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7811.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_7811_1bdeffd897f6ebbb1c2003db1c802fa0.pdf ER -