A study on maternal factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practices regarding feeding practices among mothers attending NRC

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dc.contributor.authorMadhusudanan, T. M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhan, M. A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T06:57:58Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T06:57:58Z
dc.date.issued2024-04
dc.description.abstractBackground: Child under nutrition is the leading cause in more than one third of infant and child death globally especially in developing countries. Various social and environmental factors affect child nutrition and result in under nutrition. Maternal knowledge, their attitude, and practices all can have an effect in changing the child’s nutritional pattern. It is thus essential that mothers have proper knowledge on dietary practices in prevention of malnutrition, which, in turn, can help them to have good attitude toward the dietary practices so that they can change their behaviour and harmful practices. Methods: Information obtained from the mothers of children admitted to nutrition rehabilitation centre (NRC) during the period from January 2020 to June 2021 using the questionnaire with direct interview method. Used a predesigned questionnaire on respective mothers. Results: 42.8% of mothers had an overall good knowledge. 91.96% of mothers had a positive attitude and good practices towards feeding practices of children admitted to NRC. Conclusions: Education occupation and socio-economic class does not influence the knowledge attitude and practices of mothers regarding feeding practices whereas number of ANC visits has a significant effect.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, BG Nagara, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMadhusudanan T. M., Khan M. A.. A study on maternal factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practices regarding feeding practices among mothers attending NRC. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2024 Apr; 11(4): 1532-1537en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/227936
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20240887en_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectAttitude practicesen_US
dc.subjectMaternal factorsen_US
dc.subjectFeeding practicesen_US
dc.titleA study on maternal factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practices regarding feeding practices among mothers attending NRCen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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