KIẾN THỨC VỀ DINH DƯỠNG CỦA CÁC BÀ MẸ CÓ CON TỪ 3-5 TUỔI VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN TẠI 2 XÃ HUYỆN TIÊN DU, TỈNH BẮC NINH

Abstract

Objective: The study aimed to describe nutritional knowledge of mothers who have
children aged 3-5 years old and some related factors at two communes, Tien Du district,
Bac Ninh province. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was carried out on 834 mothers
who had children aged 3-5 old with direct interviews of mothers using pre-designed questionnaires in two commune (Phu Lam and Lac Ve), Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province,
2015. Results: 80.5% of mothers understood meat, fish, eggs, and milk provided a lot of
protein. 50.7% of mothers knew that food source supplying calcium was seafood. 28.3%
of mothers did not know about the vitamin A-rich foods. Mothers who had education level
higher than midle school had a better knowledge on nutrition than the those below (p
<0.05). Mothers who were farmers had knowledge on nutrition for children not as good
as those having other occupations (p <0.05). Conclusions: The proportion of mothers who
had good knowledge about nutrition for children from 3-5 years old was low, accounting
for 29.5%. There was a relation between good nutrition knowledge of mothers who had
children aged 3-5 years with their occupation and education level.. Vsignificant difference
(p>0.05) between synbiotic and control group.