Change in children’s nutritional status and mother’s nutrition, health knowledge and pratices in Ngoc Chau 1999-2000
- Author:
Pham Van Hoan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malnourish
- MeSH:
Pregnant Women;
Knowledge;
Nutritional Status;
child
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;2():30-34
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The efficace of nutritional activities was assessed. The knowledge and practices of nutrition of mothers and the status of nutrition of infant under 24 months old age in Ngoc Chau commune were evaluated on December 2000, in comparing with control (Ngoc Ly commune). A decrease of the prevalence of light weigh, stunted and thin children was noted in 2000, comparing with the year 1999. Breast feeding within 30 after birth in Ngoc Chau (a intervened commune) accouting for 85%, dramatically higher than the control (66.5%). The rate of infants with supplemented diet intime of age is higher so and the rate of mother who supply infant with solutions other than mother milk before first breast feeding is lower drammatically than the control. Incase of diarshoea of infant, 100% of mothers in Ngọc Châu conduct normal diet regime for children
