A study of food habits of mothers and children attending rural and urban health centres in Minya, Egypt
| Autor: | Latif Aa, Shawqi Am, Ruck Nf, el Sharif As |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Nutrition Education Population Breastfeeding Developing country Rural Health Nursing Environmental health Medicine Humans education Child Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Functional illiteracy education.field_of_study business.industry Rural health Urban Health Infant Feeding Behavior Nutrition Surveys Diet Infectious Diseases Family planning Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Health education Egypt Female business Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Journal of tropical pediatrics. 31(2) |
| ISSN: | 0142-6338 |
| Popis: | The aims of this study were to collect information to help improve nutrition education in Minya and to train staff in research methods. A selected sample of 400 mothers each with a child aged 6 months to 2 years was taken from attenders of urban and rural health centers throughout Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. The questionnaire used included questions on occupation and education of the mothers and their husbands family size child deaths use of the health services family planning and infant feeding. The diet of the mother and 1 child aged between 6 months and 2 years was assessed using the 24 hr recall method. All the mothers were interviewed in their homes. The interviews were followed by participant observation for 6 months of a subsample of 20 mothers. The field workers were nurses. Results show that illiteracy deliveries and child deaths per family were higher in rural than urban areas. The diets of urban and rural mothers were similar the main items being whole wheat broad broad beans ("ful medamis") and strong sweet tea. 90% of the children were currently breastfed and about 80% received supplementary food. Only rice and hot drinks were specially prepared for weaning. There were bigger differences between rural and urban areas in infant feeding practices than in the mothers diets. Urban women weaned earlier and used different types of supplementary foods. Where nutrition advice was needed it was to reinforce the already prevalent pattern of starting supplementation at 6 months and continuing breastfeeding for a year and to give information on appropriate quantities of food. The traditional practice of giving infants hot drinks should be encouraged by health educators as it decreases the incidence of dehydration caused by severe diarrhea. This is 1 of the points emerging from the survey results that could be usefully incorporated into the training of health service personnel showing the value of local research and the need for regular revision of nutrition education. |
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