Knowledge and Practice of Mothers Regarding the Prevention and Management of Malnutrition Among Preschool Children – A Cross Sectional Survey

M. Nath, C. Kanniammal
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Malnutrition remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the world. Malnutrition has been responsible, directly or indirectly for 60% of the 10.9 million deaths annually among children under five. The research study was aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of mothers of preschool children regarding the prevention and management of malnutrition. The design used was descriptive cross sectional survey. The study was conducted in a coastal setting of Trivandrum district with a sample size of 115. Data collection was done by self administered structured questionnaire by conducting mothers meeting at selected Anganwadis. According to the results of the study 19.1% of mothers had good knowledge and 34.8 % of mothers had poor knowledge. Regarding practice only 24.3 % of mothers reported good practice while 36.6 % of mothers reported poor practice. There was a strong association between the knowledge and Practice of mothers and selected socio demographic variables such as educational status of mothers and socio economic class (p less than 0.01)). The study findings can be used for planning targeted nursing interventions in coastal areas for mothers of preschool children.
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母亲预防和管理学龄前儿童营养不良的知识与实践——一项横断面调查
营养不良仍然是全世界儿童发病和死亡的最常见原因之一。营养不良是每年1090万5岁以下儿童死亡中60%的直接或间接原因。本研究旨在评估学龄前儿童母亲在预防和管理营养不良方面的知识和实践情况。采用描述性横断面调查设计。该研究在特里凡得琅地区的沿海地区进行,样本量为115人。数据收集是通过在选定的anganwadi组织母亲会议,采用自我管理的结构化问卷进行的。研究结果显示,19.1%的母亲知识较好,34.8%的母亲知识较差。关于实践,只有24.3%的母亲报告了良好的实践,而36.6%的母亲报告了不良的实践。母亲的知识和实践与选定的社会人口变量(如母亲的教育地位和社会经济阶层)之间存在很强的相关性(p < 0.01)。研究结果可为沿海地区学龄前儿童母亲制定有针对性的护理干预措施提供参考。
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