Speciality training in paediatrics

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    ACCEPTABILITY OF HUMAN MILK BANKS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS WHO ARE VISITING PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS FOR CHILD IMMUNIZATION IN HAWASSA CITY, SIDAMA REGION, ETHIOPIA, 2023: A MIXED METHOD.
    (hawassa university, 2023-11) ANTENEH BENTI NEGEWO
    Background: Human milk banking is the process by which breast milk is collected, screened and pasteurized for the use to infants especially for premature and low birth weight neonates in health facilities or mothers who cannot breastfeed. This study was planned to discover acceptance of donor breast milk banking and its associated factors among breastfeeding mothers in Hawassa city public health centers, Sidama region, Ethiopia. Objective: To assess acceptance and identify its predictors towards human milk banks among breastfeeding mothers who come for immunization to public health centers in Hawassa city, Sidama region, Ethiopia in 2023. Methods: A mixed method was conducted between March 21 and 2023 to April 30 and 2023 among breastfeeding mothers who come for immunization to public health centers in Hawassa. Data were collected through Interviews and Focus group discussion (FGD). Multi stage (two stage sampling) sampling was conducted. The data were collected by using kobo toolbox and collected data were downloaded into Microsoft excel and then exported into SPSS version 26 for analysis. n=316. Results: - With regards to accepting breast milk donation or banking and willingness to use donated milk for feeding infants 32.0% had good perception towards breast milk donation/willingness for donation, while 68.0% had poor perception and 32.0% had good perception towards donated breast milk/willingness to accept but 68.0% had poor perception. But the only difference is by their reasons. Conclusions and Recommendations: - This study showed that the acceptance of breast milk donation for banking and its use for feeding infants was very low, due to lack of information and misconceptions about the safety of breast milk, along with religious reservations. Therefore, before the initiation of donor milk banking services, a program should be designed to create awareness about donor milk banking among donors and recipients and views of health professionals and policy makers should be collected as they are the immediate stakeholders for the implementation of human milk banking service.