• Micheal Ayodeji Sokan-Adeaga, Adewale Allen Sokan-Adeaga, Eniola Deborah Sokan-Adeaga, Akin Osibogun, and Hoseinzadeh Edris.
• Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
• Afr Health Sci. 2022 Jun 1; 22 (2): 545559545-559.

BackgroundThe Nigerian government initiated various national infant and young child feeding programmes (1992-2005) to improve juveniles well-being. Despite these efforts, under-five children feeding related diseases and mortality still escalate. Investigating the drivers of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is exigent in tackling this menace.ObjectiveTo investigate maternal socio-demographic and index child variables that serve as predictors of EBF practice among nursing mother attending a healthcare facility in Lagos, western Nigeria.MethodsOne hundred and twenty (N=120) consenting nursing mothers (15-49 years) with infants between 0-24 months completed a structured, self-administered questionnaire. Scores of current practice level for EBF was computed and adjusted odd ratios (aORs) generated from a logistic regression model.ResultsRespondents mean age was 28.7 ± 2.3 years. Of 120 respondents, 82(68.3%) and 38(31.7%) had good and poor EBF practice respectively. Having an index child <6months age (aOR=5.02, 95% confidence intervalCI=1.28-15.43), being in monogamy (aOR=3.0, 95% CI=1.80-6.73), having tertiary education (aOR=3.12, 95% CI=1.39-8.96), being married (aOR=2.0, 95% CI=0.1-0.8) and vaginal delivery (aOR=2.96, 95% CI=1.75-7.48) increased the odds of EBF practice.ConclusionAge of index child, marriage type, maternal education, marital status and nature of delivery independently predicted EBF practice.© 2022 Sokan-Adeaga MA et al.

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