Effectiveness of two methods of advising mothers on infant feeding and dietetic management of diarrhoea at an outpatient clinic in Peru.
J Diarrhoeal Dis Res
; 12(1): 59-64, 1994 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8089457
The effectiveness of two educational intervention programmes in promoting infant feeding practices was assessed among mothers of small children attending a hospital's Oral Rehydration Unit in Peru. One group of mothers received 5 min of counselling and a recipe pamphlet. The other group received the same counselling plus a 20-min cooking demonstration. Both interventions had a statistically significant (p < 0.05) impact on maternal knowledge and practices; differences between the impact of the two practices were negligible. After merging both groups into a single sample, it was observed that changes over time were significantly large (p < 0.05). Knowledge rates were 27.6% before the intervention, 73.7% 2 days later and 75% 30 days later. The corresponding figures for practices were 2.6%, 58.3% and 37.5% respectively. We conclude that when place, time and message are adequately chosen, a simple method may be an effective way of good communication. We suggest that a larger implementation trial would be useful before starting larger infant feeding programmes.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diarreia
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição do Lactente
Limite:
Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Diarrhoeal Dis Res
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Peru
País de publicação:
Bangladesh