Abstract
The nutritional education of mothers intended to improve their knowledge and change their attitudes and practices to make them consistent with the recommendation.
Aim: To improve the nutritional status of their child, as a model KAB (knowledge - attitude - Behaviour ).
Methodology: An interview survey with a tape questionnaire with 23 items on basic nutritional knowledge of mothers
Results: 100 mothers aged 23 to 50 years were interviewed:
80% had 1 to 2 children.
48% of mothers get the information through their personal relationships.
83% of mothers do not know that the health record should contain information on nutrition.
Overall mothers are unaware of the deficiencies in Vitamin A and iron and their relationship with malnutrition.
43% are well informed about breast-feeding to prevent infections.
82% of mothers stop breastfeeding at 3 months because they were at work or lack of milk.
They introduce gluten at 4 months disregard of the recommendations.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates poor knowledge of food practice for mothers and hence the interest of strengthening the program to inform mothers about the nutritional recommendations made in the health book.
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Benabdellah, A., Reguig, A., Hamidi, F. et al. A Survey on Nutritional Knowledge of Mothers in Algeria. Pediatr Res 70 (Suppl 5), 780 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2011.1005
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2011.1005