Effects of parental feeding practices on children s anemia in plateau area
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.01.028
- VernacularTitle:高原地区家长喂养认知行为对儿童贫血的影响
- Author:
HUANG Lei, YUE Li, HE Li, LI Jiayue, NAN Nan, WEI Chunping, SONG Wenwen, CHEN Yiming
1
Author Information
1. Childrens Health Care Department, Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-care Hospital, Lanzhou(730050), China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Health knowledge,attitudes,practice;
Anemia;
Prevalence;
Regression analysis;
Child
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2021;42(1):116-119
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the effects of parental feeding practices on anemia in children aged 0-6 years in the minority area of the plateau, and to provide evidence for anemia intervention.
Methods:A total of 1 726 children aged 0-6 years in 4 counties of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were selected by stratified random cluster sampling to measure hemoglobin level. Parental feeding practices were evaluated.
Results:The anemia prevalence rate among children aged 0-6 years was 50.3%. The prevalence of anemia was higher in those with younger age, Tibetan ethnic, rural residence, low parents education level and family income(χ2=156.95，899.51，148.17，8.18，16.36，11.03，P<0.05). Parentl awareness rates on feeding knowledge were 10.0%-53.7%. The report rates of distraction and force-feeding were 51.4% and 36.1%, respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed that parents incorrect feeding knowledge and compulsive feeding behaviors were positively associated with anemia in children(P<0.05).
Conclusion:Improvement of parents health literacy and feeding behavior is an important intervention to reduce anemia in children aged 0-6 years.
