FACTORS RELATED TO NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AMONG MOTHERS OF 6-24 MONTH BABIES WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY AT NAM DINH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN 2020

Abstract

Objective: To describe the real situation of nutritional caring and to identify factors related to nutritional caring of women who have 6-24 months children treated acute respiratory infections (ARI) at Children’s Hospital in Nam Dinh. Method: The study subjects include 75 women who have children aged 6-24 months of treatment for ARIs at Nam Dinh Children’s Hospital. A descriptive studyis conducted on75 women. Results: The research showed that the average score of breastfeeding knowledge for children 6-24 months is 0,5 ± 0,7, this score for children 6-24 months with complementary feeding is 6,5 ± 1,8, the medium score of breastfeeding knowledge for children with ARIs is 1,1 ± 0,5, this score for children with ARIs with complementary feeding is 0,4 ± 0,6, the average of women knowledge about ARIs is 3,5 ± 1,1, the average of the general knowledge of women is 13,0 ± 4,7. There are still 42,7% of mothers who have not enough knowledge. There is a correlation between mother’s knowledge and education and the number of children in the mother.The research reveals that women’s nutritional knowledge is not good, therefore requires health education interventions to improve nutritional caring knowledge for women, especially when the children are ill. Conclusion: nutritional knowledge of women who have children 6-24 months is relatively low. Factors such as mother’s education and number of children influence on their knowledge.