Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Complementary Feeding of Caregivers and the Nutritional Status of Children, 6-23 Months, In Barangay San Juan, Irosin, Sorsogon

Date

2021

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Nutrition

College

College of Human Ecology (CHE)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Anna Teresa O. Orillo, RND, MSc

Abstract

Growth faltering happens mostly in the complementary feeding period wherein breastmilk is insufficient to meet all the nutritional needs of the growing child. Conducting local assessments is an important step to guide the appropriate intervention. Thus, this study was conducted at San Juan, Irosin, Sorsogon to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the caregivers in complementary feeding and the nutritional status of their 6-23 months old children. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 28 caregivers using FAO’s (2014) KAP questionnaire. The OPT was used to determine the nutritional status of the children. Spearman’s rank-order correlation and rank biserial analysis were utilized to determine the relationship among variables. It was found that most participants were female, single, reached high school, unemployed, and belonged to a poor or low-income household. There is a medium prevalence of stunting (14.2%), underweight (7.1%), and wasting (7.1%) among their children. Moreover, it was found that only 3.6% have good knowledge, and both 28.6% have positive attitudes, or optimal practices. Knowledge and Attitudes has a positive relationship with all the nutritional status, while Practices were negatively associated with all of these. Furthermore, the KAP was associated with either the caregiver’s age, gender, educational attainment, marital status, occupation, parity, household income. Thus, nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions need to be implemented. Specifically, urgent nutrition education among the caregivers is recommended to improve the KAP of the caregivers in San Juan, Irosin, Sorsogon, and the nutritional status of the 6- 23 months old children.

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

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