Parents' Awareness about Eating Habits for Children with Autism in Baghdad City.

Autor: Mohammed, Asmahan Qasim
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development; May2018, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p352-358, 7p
Abstrakt: A descriptive analytic design study was carried out at Baghdad City from 15th of October 2016 to 20th of June 2017. A non-probability sample of (50) parents were selected from Rami Center for Autistic and Slow Learners Care, AL-Nahrain Specialization Center for Autism Care and AL-Rahman Specialization Center for Autism Care. The data were collected by using a constructed questionnaire through an application of direct interview. The data were analyzed by using two statistical approaches: Descriptive and Inferential statistics. The study aims to assess the Awareness of parents about eating habits for children with autism in Baghdad City. The study instruments consisted of two major parts to meet the purposes of study. The first part is related to socio-demographic characteristics of parents and children with autism and the second part (25 items) is related to eating habits that followed from parents' while feeding a child with autism. The study revealed that parents of children with autism having poor level of awareness about eating habits for their children (86%), 10% of them having poor level of awareness and only two having good level of awareness toward eating habits (4%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index