Dietary practices and their perception in relation to nutritional knowledge among a group of pregnant women attending the new damietta health center /
Mai Eltantawy Khafaga
Dietary practices and their perception in relation to nutritional knowledge among a group of pregnant women attending the new damietta health center / الممارسات الغذائية وإدراكها و الصلة بالمعرفة التغذوية لمجموعة حوامل مترددات على مركز الصحة بدمياط الجديدة Mai Eltantawy Khafaga ; Supervised Hanaa Abdullah Abouzeina , Hend Aly Sabry , Hanady Gaber Sheha - Cairo : Mai Eltantawy Khafaga , 2020 - 139 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine
Background: Improving nutritional knowledge, dietary practices, and perceived dietary behavior during pregnancy are paramount in ensuring appropriate food intake of women while being pregnant. Aim of work: improved nutritional status of the pregnant women attending ANC* clinic of NDHC**. Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted among a non-random sample of pregnant women (totaled 120) in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters with at least one previous ANC visit to NDHC. Analysis of the 24-hour recall of dietary intake was done for a sample of the study women; n.=40. Data was collected using an exit interview questionnaire and three in-depth interviews with the available ANC physicians. Results: The study women had a rather good level of nutritional knowledge during pregnancy. Minority of the study women perceived their nutrition during current pregnancy as good, while most of them perceived a potential to improve their nutrition during current pregnancy. Perception of own nutrition during current pregnancy was influenced significantly by the nutritional knowledge level; p0.05. Economic barriers, nutritional ignorance, and personal dietary habits were generally perceived as main factors behind inappropriate nutritional practices during pregnancy
Knowledge Nutrition Pregnancy
Dietary practices and their perception in relation to nutritional knowledge among a group of pregnant women attending the new damietta health center / الممارسات الغذائية وإدراكها و الصلة بالمعرفة التغذوية لمجموعة حوامل مترددات على مركز الصحة بدمياط الجديدة Mai Eltantawy Khafaga ; Supervised Hanaa Abdullah Abouzeina , Hend Aly Sabry , Hanady Gaber Sheha - Cairo : Mai Eltantawy Khafaga , 2020 - 139 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine
Background: Improving nutritional knowledge, dietary practices, and perceived dietary behavior during pregnancy are paramount in ensuring appropriate food intake of women while being pregnant. Aim of work: improved nutritional status of the pregnant women attending ANC* clinic of NDHC**. Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted among a non-random sample of pregnant women (totaled 120) in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters with at least one previous ANC visit to NDHC. Analysis of the 24-hour recall of dietary intake was done for a sample of the study women; n.=40. Data was collected using an exit interview questionnaire and three in-depth interviews with the available ANC physicians. Results: The study women had a rather good level of nutritional knowledge during pregnancy. Minority of the study women perceived their nutrition during current pregnancy as good, while most of them perceived a potential to improve their nutrition during current pregnancy. Perception of own nutrition during current pregnancy was influenced significantly by the nutritional knowledge level; p0.05. Economic barriers, nutritional ignorance, and personal dietary habits were generally perceived as main factors behind inappropriate nutritional practices during pregnancy
Knowledge Nutrition Pregnancy