母亲对五岁以下儿童体重状况和相关因素的误解:一个横截面研究
Tanmoy Sarker1, Sabrina Ahmed1,2, Sakib Rahman1
1Centre for Non-communicable Diseases and Nutrition, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Maternal & child nutrition
|May 28, 2024
概括
在孟加拉国,母亲对儿童营养的看法往往不同于客观措施,近一半的母亲误判了孩子的营养状况. 影响这些感知的关键因素包括孩子的食欲和孩子的体重.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 儿童健康 儿童健康
背景情况:
- 母亲对孩子营养状况的看法会影响医疗保健决策和养做法.
- 孟加拉国关于母亲对儿童营养的看法存在有限的研究.
- 了解这些观念对于城市贫民窟的有针对性的健康干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估母亲对5岁以下儿童营养状况的认知与人体测量测量之间的差异.
- 确定与这些城市贫民窟环境中各种各样的母亲认知相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 在孟加拉国达卡的两个主要城市贫民窟进行了一项定量,横截面的研究.
- 收集了437个母子双的数据.
- 将母亲的感知与人体测量测量进行了比较,以定义"多样化的感知".
主要成果:
- 大约46%的母亲对孩子的营养状况有不同的看法.
- 其中,有37%的人低估了孩子的营养状况,有9%的人高估了孩子的营养状况.
- 与不同的感知相关的重要因素包括"孩子不想吃"和"在携带时感觉轻".
结论:
- 达卡城市贫民窟近一半的母亲对孩子的营养状况的看法与客观测量有所不同.
- 专注于养实践和人体测量评估的健康教育可以提高母亲的准确性.
- 建议进行进一步的定性研究,以开发针对母亲感知的特定背景干预措施.
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