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ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN THE NKWANTA SOUTH MUNICIPALITY
*Mohammed A. L., Sumbo N. R. and Der E. M.
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Background: Breast milk is the ideal nutrition for infants and therefore the practice of exclusive feeding must be encouraged.The main objective of the study was to determine the knowledge level of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers with children aged 0-6 months, in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region; Ghana, and offer recommendations. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using random purposeful sampling method. Data on maternal knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding. We analysed the data using SPSS (version 26, Chicago). Fisher’s exact test was used to compare variables. A p-value of 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Results: The great majority (95.0%), of mothers have heard of exclusive breast feeding (p< 0.0001). Health facilities were the common (82.0%) sources of information on exclusive breastfeeding (P
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