Exclusive breast feeding practice and associated factors among Rural and Urban mothers of child aged 0–6 months in Tahtay Maichew District of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2023/2024: Comparative cross sectional study

• Mebrahtom Birhane Tikue ,

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

  * E-mail: meb2040b@gmail.com, meb5240@gmail.com (MBT); teklayz93@gmail.com (TZW)

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2170-0497

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• Teklay Zeru Weldearegawi ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: meb2040b@gmail.com, meb5240@gmail.com (MBT); teklayz93@gmail.com (TZW)

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Aksum University, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Teklemariam Gebregziabher Goitom,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Aksum University, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Berhe Gebrehiwot Tewele,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Araya Kahsu College of Health Science, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Nebiat Desale Gidey,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Araya Kahsu College of Health Science, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia

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• Willi Bahre

  Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7637-7991

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