THE FEEDING PRACTICES OF MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN AGED 6-23 MONTHS VISITED THE CLINIC FOR NUTRITION COUNSELING AND VACCINATION, SCHOOL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Quoc Anh PHAN1, Thi Huong Lan NGUYEN1,, Duc Minh PHAM 2
1 Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
2 Military Hospital 103, Vietnam

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Abstract

Aims: To describe the child-feeding practices of mothers with 6-23 months old children at the nutrition counselling and vaccination clinic, School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, from 2022 to 2023.


Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, data on feeding practices were collected from 394 pairs of mothers and their children aged 12-23 months who came to the clinic for consultation. and vaccination at the clinic from January 2022 to March 2023.


Results: The percentage of children being breastfed was 31%, there was a statistically significant difference in the rate of breastfeeding among age groups (p<0.001); There was a statistically significant difference in the number of meals between age groups (p<0.001); Children were relatively able to use a variety of food groups such as food, milk, other groups of vegetables and fruits, and fats, the rate of using sweets and confectionery is 43.9%; rate of using salted seasoning 62.4%.


Conclusion: The rate of children being breastfed was still low, many children were breastfed by bottles with nipples, and children were rarely used to a variety of food groups such as eggs, meat, and legumes.

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