Knowledge and Attitude towards Exclusive Breast Feeding among Mothers Attending Antenatal and Immunization Clinic at Dabat Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study

Table 2

Knowledge of study participant mothers towards exclusive breast feeding, Dabat Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016. .

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Do you know about exclusive breast feeding?
Yes	315	82
No	69	18
Source of information
Friends	10	2.6
Mass media	59	15.4
Health institution	255	66.4
Right time to give BM to a child after birth
After giving some butter	31	8.1
Within an hour	269	70
After one hour	54	14.1
After 24 hours	30	7.8
What do you do with the first milk or colostrum?
Discard	174	45.3
Feed immediately	210	54.7
Right time to start complementary foods
3 months	10	2.6
4 months	34	8.8
5 months	23	6
6 months	311	81
7 months or above	6	1.6
Foods or fluids recommended to under 6 months’ child
Only breast milk	236	61.5
Breast milk and/or water or sugar	113	29.4
Infant formula	7	1.8
Others	28	7.3
Is prelacteal feeding needed?
Yes	75	19.5
No	292	76.1
I do not know	17	4.4
BM alone is enough for infant < 6 months of life
Yes	250	65.1
No	99	25.8
I do not know	35	9.1
EBF prevents diarrheal and respiratory diseases
Yes	234	60.9
No	62	16.2
I do not know	88	22.9
Knowledge score
Good	268	69.8
Poor	116	30.2