scholarly journals Prevalence and Determinants of Appropriate Child Feeding Practice Among Mothers Having Children with and without Diarrhea Aged 6–23 Months in Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 11 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Tsegahun Asfaw
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Debre Berhan

scholarly journals Program SANATA (Sayang Anak Balita) di Wilayah Posyandu RW 08 Srondol Kulon

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachma Purwanti ◽  
Eka Cahyaningsih ◽  
M. Rifky Al Haedar ◽  
Noviasti Rahma Utami ◽  
Werry Lisfani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Knowledge Updating ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children ◽  
Nutrition Problem

Abstract. Prevalence of malnutrition among under five years old children still high. Results of nutrition problem analyzed among under five years old children at RT 01, 02, and 03 RW 08 Srondol, Semarang City showed that overweight and stunting proportions among under five years old children were still high. This community nutrition  program had objective to optimized Integrated service post (POSYANDU) function to monitor growth and development of under-five years old children (D/S ) with contribution of stakeholder, increasing maternal knowledge about complementary feeding and feeding practice for children, increasing feeding practice for under-five children, and increasing nutritional status (W/H) of under-five years old children. These community service programs were being held in December 2018 with community relation methods. This program involved stakeholders, POSYANDU cadre, and mother of overweight and stunting children at RW 08 Srondol Kulon, Banyumanik District, Semarang City. The result of “SANATA: sayang anak balita” includes : 1) there was the participation of local government for programs, increasing of POSYANDU participation (D/S) from 32,5% - 37,1%. There was an increased in mother knowledge and feeding practice. Nutritional intake of under five years old children increased and get 80-110% sufficiency for macronutrient. None children had decreased on W/H nutritional status and increasing of nutritional status (W/H) occur on 5 from 10 stunting children. We hoped that there was a sustainability of the program with knowledge updating for mothers. Reward from RW/posyandu for mother with normal nutritional status of children, haved good nutritional knowledge, and had the capability to child feeding practice would give support from them to optimized nutritional status.Keywords: nutritional status, overweight, stunting, improving nutritionAbstrak. Prevalensi masalah gizi buruk, gizi kurang, stunting, dan gizi lebih pada balita masih cukup tinggi. Hasil analisis masalah gizi pada balita di RT 01, 02, dan 03 RW 08 Srondol, Kota Semarang yaitu masih tingginya proporsi status gizi lebih dan status gizi pendek (stunting) pada balita. Program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk mengoptimalkan fungsi posyandu dalam pemantauan tumbuh kembang anak (cakupan D/S) dengan melibatkan stakeholder terkait, meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu tentang MP-ASI dan pemberian makan pada balita, meningkatkan pola asuh ibu balita dalam pemberian makan balita sesuai kebutuhan, dan meningkatkan status gizi BB/TB pada balita. Program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Desember Tahun 2018 dengan metode community relation. Program melibatkan tokoh masyarakat, kader posyandu, dan ibu balita berstatus gizi lebih dan gizi pendek di wilayah RT 01, 02 dan 03 RW 08 Kelurahan Srondol Kulon Kecamatan Banyumanik, Kota Semarang. Hasil dari program SANATA: sayang anak balita ini adalah adanya partisipasi tokoh masyarakat dalam program, meningkatnya angka partisipasi posyandu (cakupan D/S) di Posyandu Mawar RW 08 yaitu dari 32,5 % menjadi 37,1 %. Terdapat peningkatan pengetahuan ibu tentang MP-ASI dan pemberian makan pada balita. Asupan zat gizi pada balita yang dilihat dari perubahan pola makan balita dapat mencapai kecukupan 80-110% zat gizi makro. Tidak terjadi penurunan status gizi BB/TB (pada 10 balita) dan terjadi peningkatan status gizi BB/TB pada 5 dari 10 balita stunting. Diharapkan adanya upaya menjaga keberlanjutan program dengan pengkayaan materi (update pengetahuan) pada ibu balita secara berkala. Penghargaan/reward/apresiasi dari pihak RW/posyandu bagi ibu yang memiliki balita berstatus gizi baik, memiliki pengetahuan gizi yang baik, serta mampu melaksanakan pola pengasuhan dan pemberian makan yang baik bagi balita akan lebih menyemangati para ibu balita dalam mengoptimalkan gizi balitanya.Kata Kunci: gizi balita, gizi lebih, stunting, perbaikan gizi

scholarly journals Maternal mental health and child nutritional status in an urban slum community in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahad Mahmud Khan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Diarrheal Disease ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Hygiene Practice ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Child Nutritional Status

Abstract Objective: Poor mental health may diminish a mother's capacity to adequately care for her child, resulting in a negative impact on the child’s nutrition. This study aims to determine the association between maternal mental health and child nutritional status in a poor urban population in Bangladesh.Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study among 264 mother-child pairs in an urban slum area of Bangladesh. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) was used to assess maternal mental health. An SRQ-20 score ≥7 was considered a common mental disorder (CMD). Anthropometric measurements were performed to assess child nutritional status.Results: The prevalence of maternal CMD was 46.2%. Maternal CMD was associated with poorer child feeding practice (p<0.001), poorer hygiene practice (p<0.001), poorer preventive care service use (p=0.016) and suffering from diarrheal disease (p=0.049). The prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight was 44.3%, 18.2% and 33.7%, respectively. Poorer child feeding practice was associated with wasting (p=0.004) and underweight (p<0.001) but not with stunting. Poorer hygiene practice and suffering from diarrheal disease were associated with stunting and underweight but not with wasting. In multivariate analysis, maternal CMD was associated with child wasting (AOR=2.25, 95% CI=1.15-4.43). Association between maternal CMD and child underweight found in bivariate analysis was attenuated and no longer statistically significant after multivariate analysis (AOR=1.77, 95% CI=0.94-3.33). No statistically significant association was observed between maternal CMD and stunting in this study (AOR=1.46, 95% CI=0.84-2.54).Conclusions: Maternal mental health affects child nutritional status through child feeding practice, hygiene practice and preventive care use. Interventions to address the mental health of mothers in child nutrition programs might contribute to improving child nutritional status.

scholarly journals Comparison of Early Feeding Practices in Mother–Father Dyads and Possible Generalization of an Efficacious Maternal Intervention to Fathers’ Feeding Practices: A Secondary Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6075
Author(s):  
Lynne A. Daniels ◽  
Kimberley M. Mallan ◽  
Elena Jansen ◽  
Jan M. Nicholson ◽  
Anthea M. Magarey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Habits ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Early Feeding ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Intervention

To compare feeding practices within mother–father dyads and explore whether outcomes of an efficacious intervention for mothers generalised to fathers’ feeding practices. The NOURISH RCT evaluated an early feeding intervention that promoted positive feeding practices to support development of healthy eating habits and growth. The intervention was delivered to first-time mothers via 2 × 12 week modules commencing when children were 4 and 14 months. Mothers self-reported feeding practice outcomes at child age 2 years using validated scales (1 = low to 5 = high) from the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ). Nine months later, an independent cross-sectional descriptive study to investigate fathers’ feeding practices was initiated. Fathers were recruited by contacting (via letter) mothers participating in two pre-existing studies, including the NOURISH trial. Fathers completed a feeding practices questionnaire, similar to that used for NOURISH outcome assessments. Seventy-five fathers recruited via the NOURISH cohort (21% response) returned questionnaires. Response data from this subset of fathers were then linked to the corresponding NOURISH maternal data. Complete data were available from 70 dyads. Compared with mothers, fathers self-reported higher concern about child overweight (2.2 vs. 1.3), restriction (3.6 vs. 2.9) and pressure (2.6 vs. 2.1), all p < 0.001. Fathers whose partners were allocated to the intervention group used less pressure (mean difference 0.46, p = 0.045) and were more willing to let the child decide how much to eat (−0.51, p = 0.032). Fathers’ higher concern about child weight and more frequent use of non-responsive feeding practices, when compared with mothers, identify them as potentially potent contributors to child feeding. This preliminary evidence for modest generalisation of an efficacious maternal intervention to apparent effects on some paternal feeding practices speaks to the importance and promise of including fathers in early feeding interventions.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice on infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) in Raksirang, Makwanpur, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Kamal Prasad Kandel ◽  
Sindhu Kafle
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Young Child Feeding ◽  
Child Feeding Practices ◽  
Infant And Young Child ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Breastfeeding Practice ◽  
Initiation Of Breastfeeding ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Nepal is one of the developing Countries in the South Asia. Early childhood is very important and the crucial period for the proper physical, mental and emotional development. Therefore child should be looked especially at this period. In Nepal, child below two years are suffering from malnutrition the most. The initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth has numerous nutritional and immunological benefits and has been found to reduce neonatal mortality. An improper feeding practice among young children par­ticularly 6-23 months is a major cause of malnutrition. Thus, the present study has been focused on feeding practices of fewer than two years children. The study was quantitative study. Main objective of the study was to know the feeding practices of under two years children after implementation of Baal Vita(Sprinkles) program in Raksirang VDC of Makwanpur district. Questionnaire was related to the Baal Vita(Sprinkles) program, Breast­feeding practices and Complimentary feeding practices. Altogether 132 mothers were taken for the study. The structured questionnaire was developed, pretested and used to collect the information. After the collection of data, it was analyzed by using SPSS 17.0.Also the data was presented in different tables to make it more clear and specific. Among 132 of the respondent, majority of the respondent were aged between21-25 years. 37.88% mothers were illiterate and only 1.52% had secondary level education. Some of the respondents were pregnant before the age 20 years. One of the mother was give birth to her child at age of 15 years.68.18% respondent had first Breastfed their child with in 1 hour of birth. Colostrum feeding was seen not good. This study found Still practice of squeezing colostrum. Current breastfeeding practice is seen good. About 88.64% of the respondent had started giving complementary food in correct time.

scholarly journals Caregivers' feeding practices in Ethiopia: association with caregiver and child characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nardos W. Gebru ◽  
Seifu H. Gebreyesus ◽  
Esete Habtemariam ◽  
Robel Yirgu ◽  
Dawit S. Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Food Restriction ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Child Characteristics ◽  
Child Feeding Questionnaire ◽  
Child Underweight

Abstract Feeding is a source of interaction and communication. It affects children's physical and psychological/emotional development. The present study aims to examine the association between caregiver and child characteristics and caregivers' feeding practices among preschools in Addis Ababa. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 542 caregivers of children aged between 3 and 6 years old in selected preschools. We used the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) to measure caregivers' feeding practices. Multiple linear regression was used for analysis. Caregivers who had higher levels of perceived feeding responsibility (β 0⋅20, P < 0⋅001), who were more concerned about their child being overweight (β 0⋅11, P < 0⋅001) and who had more depressive symptoms (β 0⋅23, P 0⋅05) were associated with food restriction practice. Caregivers who were less concerned about their child being overweight (β −0⋅10, P < 0⋅001) and who had higher levels of perceived feeding responsibility (β 0⋅25, P < 0⋅001) were associated with pressure to eat practice. Caregivers who had higher education (β 0⋅29, P < 0⋅05), who had higher levels of perceived feeding responsibility (β 0⋅47, P < 0⋅001), who were more concerned about their child being overweight (β 0⋅15, P < 0⋅001) and who were less concerned about their child underweight (β −0⋅06, P < 0⋅05) were associated with monitoring feeding practice. In addition, as the children have gotten older (β 0⋅08, P < 0⋅05), there is increased use of monitoring feeding practice. This study is one of few studies that show the association between caregiver and child characteristics and feeding practices in developing countries such as Ethiopia. It is essential to include responsive feeding components in national nutritional programmes to improve preschool children's nutritional status in Ethiopia.

Care and not wealth is a predictor of wasting and stunting of ‘The Coffee Kids’ of Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalkidan Hassen Abate ◽  
Tefera Belachew
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Young Child Feeding ◽  
Jimma Zone

Background: The generation of cash from agricultural products is the mainstay of the livelihood of many households in developing countries. However, critics of cash cropping have highlighted its influence on dietary diversity and availability of food at the household level, eroding the potential for optimal child caring practices. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was carried out in three randomly selected coffee-producing districts of Jimma Zone in southwest Ethiopia. The underlying causes of malnutrition, food access, hygiene and care were assessed using the household food insecurity access scale, morbidity reports and infant and young child feeding practice core indicators of the World Health Organization. Anthropometric data were converted into weight for age, height for age, body mass index for age and weight for height Z-scores to determine child nutritional outcomes. Results: Prevalence of underweight, wasting, stunting and thinness were 14.2%, 9.1%, 24.1% and 9.9%, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression showed that children with suboptimal meal frequency were more than three times more likely to develop wasting (AOR = 3.3, p < 0.0001). Female children were twice as likely to develop wasting compared with males (AOR = 2.00, 4.1, p = 0.05). Children with suboptimal dietary diversity were almost four times as likely to develop stunting (AOR = 3.95, p < 0.0001). Those who were not exclusively breastfed during their first 6 months were almost five times as likely to develop stunting (AOR = 4.66, p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The findings imply that in coffee-producing areas, child caring practices are stronger independent predictors of nutritional status than wealth or economic indicators alone.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practices Regarding Infant and Young Child Feeding among Mothers’ Children 0-23 Months of Matli, District Badin, Sindh

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Mazhar Ul Haq ◽  
Rukhsana Khan ◽  
Arshia Bilal ◽  
Lajpat . ◽  
Saira Almas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Child ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Young Child Feeding ◽  
Child Feeding Practices ◽  
Infant And Young Child

Background: Lack of proper practices account for the deaths of 1.4 million children of <5 years globally. Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding practices are recognized as the most valuable approach for improving child survival and development. We aimed to assess the knowledge and practices and to determine the factors affecting Infant and Young Child Feeding practices among mothers of children 0-23 months of Taluka Hospital Matli, Badin District, Sindh Methods: A descriptive hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted with the sample of 279 mothers visiting pediatric OPD of Taluka Hospital Matli, Badin District, Sindh-Pakistan from 1st October to 31st December 2016. The sample was collected by using non probability consecutive sampling technique and structured pretested questionnaire. Results: 94% of women had the knowledge of when to start breastfeeding after delivery. There is a strong association between maternal education and 0-23 month’s children receiving bottle feed and also a strong association between the information providers and bottle feeding practice. Conclusion: We have found a good dependence of birth weight of the newborn with the monthly income of the household. LHWs and nurses were main sources of information provider about breastfeeding.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practices Regarding Infant and Young Child Feeding among Mothers Working in Readymade Garments Sector in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-201
Author(s):  
Afrin Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Young Child ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Child Feeding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Young Child Feeding ◽  
Infant And Young Child ◽  
Maternity Benefits

Optimum is. Adequate Infant and young child feeding (IYCF), critical for child’s growth and development, requires a significant amount of time andcan be challenging for working mothers. In Bangladesh, about four million women work long-hours in Readymade Garment (RMG) factories without proper maternity benefits which raises concern regarding optimum IYCF practice. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in Dhaka, Bangladesh to identify the knowledge and common practices of IYCF among mothers working in Readymade Garment sector. Ninety-three women of reproductive age (15-49 years), working in Readymade Garment sector, with children aged 6-23 months, were interviewed. Our study revealed- majority knew about exclusive breast feeding (EBF) (76%), duration to continue breast feeding (73%) and early initiation of breast feeding (53%). The exclusive breast-feeding practice in mothers employed in RMG sector was 44%. Three-fourths of the mothers knew and initiated complementary feeding timely. Both knowledge regarding age-adjusted minimum meal frequency (MMF) (19.4%) and minimum quantity (8.6%) were low; compared to actual practices. Nearly two-fifth of the mothers (40%) had to start working before their child reached six months of age enabling them to provide their baby with breastmilk substitutes. Mothers employed in Readymade Garment sector had better IYCF practice than general population. Proper workplace environment with mandatory breast-feeding corners, daycare facilities and ensuring maternity benefits in these mothers could help achieve an even better IYCF practices for their children.

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