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Infant and young child feeding practices and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among ultra-poor slum mothers of Bangladesh

  • Munia Afroz
  • , Fahmida Akter
  • , Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
  • , Md Mokbul Hossain
  • , M. Shafiqur Rahman
  • , Bachera Aktar
  • , Mehedi Hasan
  • , Abu Abdullah Mohammad Hanif
  • , Abdul Awal
  • , Malay Kanti Mridha
  • BRAC University
  • North South University
  • University of Dhaka
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)947-956
Number of pages10
JournalNutrition and Health
Volume32
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2026
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Nursing (miscellaneous)

Keywords

  • Bangladesh
  • Infant and young child feeding practice
  • early initiation of breastfeeding
  • mother–infant pairs
  • ultra-poor
  • urban slums

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