Study on KAP on vitamin A deficiency control for children 6-36 months among mothers
- Author:
Dam Vinh Cuong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children, vitamin A deficiency
- MeSH:
Vitamin A Deficiency;
Child;
Mothers
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(2):20-26
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The research was conducted on 260 mothers from 22 to 32 years old to study knowledge, attitude and practice in prevention vitamin A deficiency at 2 communes of My Loc district, Nam Dinh province. 83,8% of the mothers understood that using vitamin A rich foods could protect against vitamin A deficiency and 47,3% of them knew about role of high dose of vitamin A capsule approach, 82,7% mothers thought that vitamin A campaign is very necessary for children. There were only 12.5% mothers used vegetables and 33,6% used cooking oil/fat regularly for their children’s meals because the majority of them thought these foods were difficult to digest in their children. The number of mothers usually prepare supplementary foods for their children with 4 food groups only was 9,1%. The number of mothers did not give their children animal food; cooking oi/fat when they suffered from measles, diarrhea and ARI was 14,3%, 28,6% and 22.5%, respectively.
