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Table 4 Maternal feeding practices during child’s diarrheal episode and hand washing behaviors in Dire Dawa, 2016

From: Mothers’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards the prevention and home-based management of diarrheal disease among under-five children in Diredawa, Eastern Ethiopia, 2016: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Category

n

%

When (Name) had diarrhea, did you breastfeed him/her less than usual, about the same amount, or more than usual?

Less

178

60.3%

Same

35

11.9%

More

77

26.1%

Child not breastfed

4

1.4%

Don’t know

1

0.3%

When (Name) had diarrhea, was he/she offered less than usual to drink, about the same amount, or more than usual to drink?

Less

181

61.4%

Same

31

10.5%

More

83

28.1%

Nothing to drink

0

0.0%

Don’t know

0

0.0%

Was (name) offered less than usual to eat, about the same amount, or more than usual to eat?

Less

185

62.7%

Same

11

3.7%

More

99

33.6%

Nothing to eat

0

0.0%

Don’t know

0

0.0%

When do you wash hands with soap

Before food preparation

200

67.8%

Before feeding children

250

84.7%

After defecation

295

100.0%

Never

0

0.0%

Other

0

0.0%