NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION CHILDREN 6-23 MONTHS AND SOME CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES OF MOTHERS AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF HA NAM PROVINE IN 2016-2018

Autor: Nguyen Van Dung, Nguyen Thi Thinh, Pham Van Phu
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Tạp chí Y học Cộng đồng. 62
ISSN: 2354-0613
Popis: A cross-sectional survey on 523 pairs of mother and suffered from acute respiratory infections child6-23 months old treated at the Maternity and Children’s Hospital of Ha Nam provine in 2016-2018to assess the nutritional status of children and describe some mother’s child-feeding practices. Theresults showed that: The rates of stunting and wasting of children were high: 21.2% and 11.1%(respectively); the rate of underweight was 14.0%. The rates of mothers who breastfeed their babieslate after the first hour after birth and of mothers who give complementary foods too early or too late(before 6 months or after 8 months of age) were quite high: 62.5% and 53.0% (respectively); the rateof mothers squeezed colostrum before first breastfeeding was 24.3%. Children who were started oncomplementary feeding at the wrong time compared with those who were fed at the right time hadhigher rates of stunting: 24.2% and 18.8% (respectively) (OR=1, 4; 95%CI 0.9-2.3) but no statisticallysignificant difference (p=0.1075); the rate of underweight malnutrition was also higher: 19.5% and7.8% (respectively) statistically significant difference (OR=2.9; 95%CI 1.6-5.3; p=0.0001).
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