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March 18, 2026Open Access

Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Among Mothers with Children Below 24 Months in Ikotos County, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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LALemi Robert Albert

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Overview

Community-based study reveals suboptimal infant feeding practices in Eastern Equatoria, highlighting health education needs.

Key Points

  • The study aims to assess infant and young child feeding practices among mothers with children under 24 months in Ikotos County.
  • Community-based cross-sectional design using quantitative methods
  • 317 mothers or caregivers of infants below 24 months recruited from 12 villages
  • Data collected through structured questionnaires in face-to-face interviews
  • Statistical analyses performed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests
  • Only 35.0% of infants initiated breastfeeding within one hour of birth
  • 75.0% prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among children under six months
  • 44.8% of newborns received prelacteal feeds, with honey as the most common
  • 58.9% began complementary feeding before six months, only 22.0% at the recommended age
  • 45.0% of mothers continued breastfeeding beyond 18 months

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Lemi Robert Albert (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba42cf4e9516ffd37a3605https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19048572
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