The effect of maternal depressive symptoms on infant feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: community based birth cohort study

• Main Authors: Yitbarek Kidane Woldetensay (Author), Tefera Belachew (Author), Shibani Ghosh (Author), Eva Johanna Kantelhardt (Author), Hans Konrad Biesalski (Author), Veronika Scherbaum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal depression and other psychosocial factors have been shown to have adverse consequences on infant feeding practices. This study explored the longitudinal relationship of maternal depressive symptoms and other selected psychosocial factors with infant feeding practices (IF...