Maternal and health care workers’ perspectives on exclusive breastfeeding in the context of maternal HIV infection, in Busia county, western Kenya: a mixed methods cross-sectional survey

Table 4 Reasons for Choice of Young Infant Feeding, Comprehension & Practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding

		Exclusive breastfeeding		Total	P value
		Yes (%)	No (%)	Total	P value
Reason	Inadequate breast milk	3 (0·9)	8 (57·1)	11(3)	< 0·001
	PMTCT^a	344 (99·1)	6 (42·9)	350(97)
	Total	347	14	361
Comprehension of exclusive breastfeeding	Yes	347 (99·4)	2 (9)	367 (98·9)	0·019
	No	2 (0·6)	20 (91)	4 (1·1)
	Total	349 (100)	22 (100)	371 (100)

^aPrevention of Mother-to-child-transmission of HIV
Table 4 shows that mothers who comprehended EBF chose to practice EBF. Only 3 who perceived that breast milk was inadequate EBF

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