Factors Influencing The Choice Of Infant Feeding Options Among Hiv Positive Mothers Attending Health Facilities

Factors Influencing The Choice Of Infant Feeding Options Among Hiv Positive Mothers Attending Health Facilities

Abstract

The check study was conducted on factors impacting the choice of child feeding options among HIV positive maters attending health installations in Ogoja, Cross River State. The purpose was to probe factors impacting the choice of child feeding options among HIV positive maters in Ogoja, Cross River State. Four objects and four exploration questions were used to guide the study. Literatures were reviewed. The population for the study was all HIV positive maters attending health installations in Ogoja from January- December 2011- 2013, with a aggregate of 136 registered HIV positive maters . There was no slice because the total population was included in the study. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire with two sections. Section A had 8 particulars on socio- demographic characteristics. Section B was made up of 10 particulars rating scale of Yes and No. Data was anatomized using ki-square statistics. Result revealed that connubial status( x2 = 20.924, p<.00), religious status( x2 = 14.972, p<.05), motherly health condition( x2 = 12.436, p<.02), limited time to breastfeed baby because of work( x2 = 11.065, p<.04) and baby’s turndown to take bone milk( x2 = 18.318, p<.00) significantly told HIV positive maters ’ choice of child feeding options. Major findings reveal that connubial status, religious status, motherly health condition, limited time to bone feed baby because of work and baby’s turndown to take bone milk had significant influence on child feeding options. Grounded on the findings it was recommended that HIV positive maters should be acclimatized by HIV/ PMTCT counselors with necessary knowledge for the choice of child feeding options.

Chapter One

Preface

Background To The Study

mortal vulnerable- insufficiency contagion( HIV) is a habitual, health problem with symptoms appearing anytime from several months to times. HIV is set up among all known populations of the world, including the embryonic population( future babies) and the breastfed babies. World Health Organization,( WHO, 2011) revealed that further than eleven million people worldwide had failed of AIDS, while another3.6 million of people are formerly infected with HIV, with a diurnal infection rate of over 16,000 people encyclopedically. It was observed by Anyebe, Whiskey, Ajayi, Garba, Ochigbo and Lawal( 2011) that by 2002, 42 million people had been infected with HIV/ AIDS encyclopedically,38.6 million of them were grown-ups of which19.2 million were women. further than 3 million children below the age of 15 were infected worldwide within the same period with about 5 million new infections being recorded yearly. Nearly two thirds of these are inSub-Saharan Africa. Encyclopedically, an estimated 600,000 children are infected vertically( in utero) each time, while in places where women don’t breastfeed, utmost of the transmission occurs at the time of labor and delivery,( Okon, 2011).

In Nigeria where utmost women breastfeed, there’s an fresh threat. About 800,000 were infected out of5.8 million in 2003 were babies and children of which 90 of these got infected through their maters , being at three situations; antepartum, intrapartum and breastfeeding( Okon, 2011). There’s no cure for HIV presently available, but forestallment of mama to child transmission( PMTCT) appears to be the most important intervention( Family Health International, 2004). American transnational health alliance( AIHA, 2008) in Ajayi, Hellandendu and Odekunle( 2011) posited that ‘’ ther e is no cure for HIV, but forestallment of perpendicular transmission of HIV to include voluntary comforting and testing,( VCT),ante-retroviral remedy, optional caesarean section; relief of child feed or modified breastfeeding, and restrictive use of invasive procedure similar as artificial rupture of membrane,( ARM), episiotomies and sanctification of the birth conduit with a microbite during labor and delivery.

Sadoh, Adeniran and Abhulimhen- Iyohas( 2008) editorialized that exclusive breastfeeding is the ideal practice among HIV infected maters in the first six months of life, as recommended presently, followed by relief feeding( any formula food rather than bone milk).