The relationship between postpartum depression and appropriate infant feeding practice in eastern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Angesom Weldu; Ayele Belachew; Mengistu Yilma

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280141

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The relationship between postpartum depression and appropriate infant feeding practice in eastern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Angesom Weldu ,

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

* E-mail: angewell123@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Mizan Tepi University, Tepi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4713-229X

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Ayele Belachew,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Mengistu Yilma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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The relationship between postpartum depression and appropriate infant feeding practice in eastern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Angesom Weldu,
Ayele Belachew,
Mengistu Yilma

Published: January 25, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280141

About the Authors

Angesom Weldu

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

* E-mail: angewell123@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Mizan Tepi University, Tepi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4713-229X

Ayele Belachew

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mengistu Yilma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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