Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers toward infant and young child feeding in primary health care (PHC) centers, Erbil city
المؤلفون المشاركون
Husayn, Karimah Ahmad
Shakir, Nurhan Zaki
al-Azzawi, Sawsan I. I.
المصدر
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences
العدد
المجلد 2، العدد 1 (30 إبريل/نيسان 2012)، ص ص. 1-10، 10ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2012-04-30
دولة النشر
العراق
عدد الصفحات
10
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background and objectives : هmproving infant and young child feeding practices in children birth–23 months of age is therefore critical to improved nutrition, health, development of children and, ultimately and impact child survival.
The main objective is to : assess knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers concerning infant and young child feeding, and to use the results as baseline for nutritional intervention programs in the future.
Subjects and methods : A survey study was carried out in (13) Primary Health Care centers in Erbil city to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers concerning infant and young child feeding, and to use the results as a baseline for nutritional intervention programs in the future in a period from 2 and of January 2008 to 30th of September 2009.
Purposive (nonprobability) sample of 1000 (mother-child pairs) were selected.
Results : the results of present study shows that the mothers have efficient practices and attitudes toward breast, formula and complementary feeding.
Infant and young child feeding indicators concerning early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding were poor, among mothers attending PHC centers in Erbil.
Conclusion and Recommendation : majority of surveyed infant and young child’s feeding pattern was mixture feeding, or mixture and complementary feeding.
And the feeding indicators were low among mothers in Erbil city, the investigators decided to construct an educational health program to be implemented by nurses in Primary Health Care centers in Erbil city for improving mothers knowledge, attitudes and practices of infant and young child feeding.
The study recommended to revitalizing and expanding the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative and Establishing of breastfeeding intervention programs for protection, promotion, and support of Breastfeeding.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Shakir, Nurhan Zaki& Husayn, Karimah Ahmad& al-Azzawi, Sawsan I. I.. 2012. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers toward infant and young child feeding in primary health care (PHC) centers, Erbil city. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences،Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-315772
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Shakir, Nurhan Zaki…[et al.]. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers toward infant and young child feeding in primary health care (PHC) centers, Erbil city. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences Vol. 2, no. 1 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-315772
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Shakir, Nurhan Zaki& Husayn, Karimah Ahmad& al-Azzawi, Sawsan I. I.. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers toward infant and young child feeding in primary health care (PHC) centers, Erbil city. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences. 2012. Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-315772
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 9-10
رقم السجل
BIM-315772
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر