Trends and Determinants of EBF among Adolescent Children Born to Adolescent Mothers in Rural Bangladesh

Aminur Rahman, Dilruba Nomani and Surasak Taneepanichskul
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Aminur Rahman: College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Dilruba Nomani: International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR,B), Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Surasak Taneepanichskul: College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-13

Abstract: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has proven benefits for both mothers and infants; however, adolescent mothers have poor EBF practices globally. In Bangladesh, the practice of EBF among adolescent mothers remains unexplored. The aim of our study was to understand the EBF practices among adolescent mothers and their determinants in both the Health and Demographic Surveillance (HDSS) system areas of the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) service area (ISA) and government service area (GSA) in rural Matlab, Bangladesh. For the purpose of our study, we collected relevant information from the database of the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) of icddr,b and performed analysis to understand the trends and identify the determinants of EBF and identify the determinants of EBF among adolescent mothers living in two areas between 2007 and 2015. In total, 2947 children born to adolescent mothers were included in our final analysis. We used the Kaplan–Meier and the Cox-proportional hazards models to determine the differences in EBF practices in the two areas. We noted a lower trends of EBF in the ISA compared to the GSA in bivariate analysis. However, after adjusting for confounding variables, EBF status was 15% lower in the GSA than the ISA (HR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.72–0.99). The father’s education was significantly different among the two populations. In both study areas, the coverage of EBF among adolescent mothers was lower than the national average (42% vs. 65%). Ensuring that adolescent mothers receive optimal care may improve EBF behavior.

Keywords: adolescent; exclusive breastfeeding; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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