Exploring the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among infants under-six months in Ethiopia using multilevel analysis

Shambel Aychew Tsegaw; Yeshimebet Ali Dawed; Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245034

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Exploring the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among infants under-six months in Ethiopia using multilevel analysis

Shambel Aychew Tsegaw,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Dessie Health Science College, Dessie, Ethiopia
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Yeshimebet Ali Dawed,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
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Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: brhaneyared07@gmail.com, erkihunt@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0677-7315

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Exploring the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding among infants under-six months in Ethiopia using multilevel analysis

Shambel Aychew Tsegaw,
Yeshimebet Ali Dawed,
Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu

Published: January 13, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245034

About the Authors

Shambel Aychew Tsegaw

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Dessie Health Science College, Dessie, Ethiopia

Yeshimebet Ali Dawed

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: brhaneyared07@gmail.com, erkihunt@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0677-7315

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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