Evaluating KAP belong to 12 basic household health care skills for mothers with children under 5 year old at Mai Son and Vinh Bao districts
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Kim Lien
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
KAP
- MeSH:
Mothers;
Child;
Delivery of Health Care
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;0(12):51-55
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The research studied practice real situation basic skills in health care for children of mothers and analysed few of factors related to lacks of knowledge, attitude and practice of the mothers. Objects were mothers having under 5 years old children. The research used descriptive method. The result showed that: Mother’s knowledge and practice by these 12 skills at both provinces achieved is low level. There are differences between mothers’s knowledge and practice. The low level of these skills and the differences showed more significantly in mountainous province. The IEC activities in both provinces showed not effectively. Local health workers did not pay enough attention to IEC, especially to counseling mothers to care healthy and sick children.
