Appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among mothers with infants aged 6–8 months in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A mixed methods study

Shiferaw Birhanu; Getu Degu Alene; Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0334740

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Appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among mothers with infants aged 6–8 months in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A mixed methods study

Shiferaw Birhanu ,

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

* yonishife@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1608-7299

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Getu Degu Alene,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among mothers with infants aged 6–8 months in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A mixed methods study

Shiferaw Birhanu,
Getu Degu Alene,
Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew

Published: October 16, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334740

About the Authors

Shiferaw Birhanu

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

* yonishife@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1608-7299

Getu Degu Alene

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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