标题：FACTORS AFFECTING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MOTHERS REFERRING TO HEALTH CENTERS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF THEIR 6-24 MONTH OLD CHILDREN
其他标题：FACTORS AFFECTING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MOTHERS REFERRING TO HEALTH CENTERS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING OF THEIR 6-24 MONTH OLD CHILDREN
摘要：A total of 250 mothers were interviewed in Kashan health centers in 1995 to obtain information on their Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (K.A.P) regarding supplementary feeding (SF) of their 6-24 month old children. The K, A and P regarding the kind of the first SF. were desirable in 29.2%, 72.8% and 31.6% of the mothers respectively. The corresponding percentages for the time of introduction of SF., the amount of the first SF, methods of feeding, and keeping left-over food were; 92.4% , 90.4% and 80.4% (K.A.P) ; 41.2%, 69.2% and 39.6% (K.A.P); 84.0%, 56.8% and 72.4% (K.A.P); and 100% , 97.2% and 97.2% (K.A.P); respectively. There was a statistically significant relation between the knowledge and attitude of mothers and mothers’ age and education; knowledge of mothers and occupation and their sources of information. The relation between K.A.P and all other independent variable were statistically nonsignificant, but there was a statistically significant relation between the mothers’ attitude and birth order of a child. There was no correlation between knowledge and attitude or between attitude and practice in general, but there was a significant correlation between knowledge and practice.
