Role of family physician in improving nutritional status of children aged six months to twenty four months by nutritional intervention /
Walaa Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Hegazi
Role of family physician in improving nutritional status of children aged six months to twenty four months by nutritional intervention / دور طبيب الأسرة فى تحسين الحالة التغذوية للأطفال فى السن من ستة أشهر حتى عامين عن طريق التدخل التغذوى Walaa Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Hegazi ; Supervised Lubna Mohammed Anas Fawaz , Maha Abdelrahman Mowafy , Marwa Sayed Mohamed - Cairo : Walaa Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Hegazi , 2019 - 182 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
Background: Most of children are suffering from malnutrition with its different consequences which affects their normal growth and development. The period of 6-24months of age is one of the most crucial time periods in the growth of the infant. Timely, adequate and appropriate complementary feeding in addition to breast feeding is needed to ensure infants and children normal growth and development. Mothers knowledge, attitude and feeding practices directly affect their children growth and development. Aim of work: This study aimed to improve the nutritional status, growth & development, health and survival of Egyptian infants and young children through optimum feeding. Materials and methods: This is a prospective cohort interventional study that included 137 mother-child pairs (6-24 months) who attended the medical centre (PHC) centre at Kafr AL sheikh city. A designed questionnaire was used to gather data about sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional knowledge and feeding practices of mothers. Both anthropometric measurements (namely weight and recumbent length) and Haemoglobin level were measured at baseline and after 6 months
Feeding practices Infants and young children Nutritional status
Role of family physician in improving nutritional status of children aged six months to twenty four months by nutritional intervention / دور طبيب الأسرة فى تحسين الحالة التغذوية للأطفال فى السن من ستة أشهر حتى عامين عن طريق التدخل التغذوى Walaa Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Hegazi ; Supervised Lubna Mohammed Anas Fawaz , Maha Abdelrahman Mowafy , Marwa Sayed Mohamed - Cairo : Walaa Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Hegazi , 2019 - 182 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine
Background: Most of children are suffering from malnutrition with its different consequences which affects their normal growth and development. The period of 6-24months of age is one of the most crucial time periods in the growth of the infant. Timely, adequate and appropriate complementary feeding in addition to breast feeding is needed to ensure infants and children normal growth and development. Mothers knowledge, attitude and feeding practices directly affect their children growth and development. Aim of work: This study aimed to improve the nutritional status, growth & development, health and survival of Egyptian infants and young children through optimum feeding. Materials and methods: This is a prospective cohort interventional study that included 137 mother-child pairs (6-24 months) who attended the medical centre (PHC) centre at Kafr AL sheikh city. A designed questionnaire was used to gather data about sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional knowledge and feeding practices of mothers. Both anthropometric measurements (namely weight and recumbent length) and Haemoglobin level were measured at baseline and after 6 months
Feeding practices Infants and young children Nutritional status