Educational Program for Pregnant Women About Nutritional Stunting Among Children Under Two Years Old | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 11, Volume 9, Issue 27 - Serial Number 1, December 2021, Pages 105-116 PDF (1.22 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2021.104905.1262 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amira Nabil Shaban1; Maher Moukhtar Ahmed2; Rabaa Hamed Hassanein3; shaimaa Abdelrahim Khalaf* 4 | ||
| 1Nursing Department Manager at Sohag Health Directorate, Sohag, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 4Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding can lead to stunted growth of their children. Aim: To evaluate the effect of an educational program for pregnant women about nutritional stunting among two years children at Sohag Governorate. Research design: Quasi- experimental research design. Setting: MCH centers at Sohag Governorate. Sample: 350 pregnant mothers. Tools: Tool (1): Included four parts: Part (1): Sociodemographic characteristics. Part (2): Obstetrical history of pregnant women, Part (3): Medical history of pregnant women. Part (4): Pregnant women's knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy, lactation and knowledge about nutritional stunting. Tool (2): Included child reported feeding practices. Results: 35.4 % of studied pregnant women were aged ≥ 30 years, 57.4% had secondary education, 86.0% were housewives and 48.0% of them at the low social class. Half of them had poor knowledge at pre-test with improvement in post-test. Also, high statistically significant differences of mothers' feeding practices in pre, post and follow-up. Conclusion: Health education program had a significant influence on increasing the knowledge and reported feeding practices of mothers related to their children. Recommendations: Further educational program about nutritional stunting for mothers in different settings to include larger sample size. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Stunting; Pregnant Women; Knowledge; Feeding practice & Child feeding | ||
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