Malnutrition among under-5 children has been linked to inadequate complementary feeding practices. Children living without permanent parents have also been proven to have a higher risk of malnutrition, which puts thei...Malnutrition among under-5 children has been linked to inadequate complementary feeding practices. Children living without permanent parents have also been proven to have a higher risk of malnutrition, which puts their growth and development in danger. In this study, an impact evaluation of nutrition education was carried out on the knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among caregivers in orphanages. This quasi-experimental study was conducted in selected orphanage homes located within Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria. A purposive sampling technique was employed to select 50 caregivers from 8 orphanage homes. Data was collected using an adapted interviewer administered at baseline and post-intervention. The key results showed that those who had good knowledge of complementary feeding practices increased from 68.1% to 79.9% at baseline and post-intervention respectively. The WHO complementary feeding indicators that were used to measure the practice revealed that 37.5% met the minimum meal frequency (MMF), 52.5% met the minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and 35% met the minimum adequate diet (MAD) at baseline, which increased to 62.5%, 80% and 60% respectively after intervention. Conclusively, this study revealed that nutrition education improved the complementary feeding knowledge and practice of caregivers. It is recommended that such nutrition education should be introduced to new caregivers and could also be converted into policy actions at a national level.展开更多
In the Happy Village residential subdivision in Lhasa there is a well-known orphanage named after Renzeng Quzhen, who is the mother of the orphanage＇s current directot. From 1997 Quzhen began taking care of orphans i...In the Happy Village residential subdivision in Lhasa there is a well-known orphanage named after Renzeng Quzhen, who is the mother of the orphanage＇s current directot. From 1997 Quzhen began taking care of orphans in her home. With a big nonlocal population, including pilgrims, businesspeople, aimless migrants and passersby, living in the nearby Gama Gongsang subdivision, there appeared a lot of orphans not adopted by anyone in the area where Quzhen lives. On November 19, 2001, Quzhen set up the Quzhen Preschool Class in the Aixin Kindergarden in Lhasa＇s Najin Township. With the class, Quzhen adopted many orphans and recruited two teachers to take care of them.展开更多
文摘Malnutrition among under-5 children has been linked to inadequate complementary feeding practices. Children living without permanent parents have also been proven to have a higher risk of malnutrition, which puts their growth and development in danger. In this study, an impact evaluation of nutrition education was carried out on the knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among caregivers in orphanages. This quasi-experimental study was conducted in selected orphanage homes located within Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria. A purposive sampling technique was employed to select 50 caregivers from 8 orphanage homes. Data was collected using an adapted interviewer administered at baseline and post-intervention. The key results showed that those who had good knowledge of complementary feeding practices increased from 68.1% to 79.9% at baseline and post-intervention respectively. The WHO complementary feeding indicators that were used to measure the practice revealed that 37.5% met the minimum meal frequency (MMF), 52.5% met the minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and 35% met the minimum adequate diet (MAD) at baseline, which increased to 62.5%, 80% and 60% respectively after intervention. Conclusively, this study revealed that nutrition education improved the complementary feeding knowledge and practice of caregivers. It is recommended that such nutrition education should be introduced to new caregivers and could also be converted into policy actions at a national level.
文摘In the Happy Village residential subdivision in Lhasa there is a well-known orphanage named after Renzeng Quzhen, who is the mother of the orphanage＇s current directot. From 1997 Quzhen began taking care of orphans in her home. With a big nonlocal population, including pilgrims, businesspeople, aimless migrants and passersby, living in the nearby Gama Gongsang subdivision, there appeared a lot of orphans not adopted by anyone in the area where Quzhen lives. On November 19, 2001, Quzhen set up the Quzhen Preschool Class in the Aixin Kindergarden in Lhasa＇s Najin Township. With the class, Quzhen adopted many orphans and recruited two teachers to take care of them.
