FACTORS AFFECTING MOTHERS' AWARENESS REGARDING CHILD WEANING PRACTICE. 2024

Z Tapoo, and N Mohammed
Department Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.

Weaning is an organized process of introduction of appropriate food at the accurate time in addition to the mother's milk to deliver essential nourishment to the baby and the infants should be breastfed completely through the early six months of life. Aim of the study - Assessment of the Mothers' awareness (knowledge, attitude, and practice) and to determine possible factors affecting it. A total sample of 112 mothers enrolled in the present study, from which data was collected including demographic characteristics of the child and mother with feeding history. Knowledge and practice assessment regarding the weaning process. Appropriate time of introduction of complementary feeds was started in 41.1% of the children. 69.6% weaned their children suddenly cessed. Factors influencing complementary and weaning knowledge were the mother's education and occupation and source of information and practice was poorly achieved, and the factors were the mother's age and type of family. The approval for WHO recommendations on complementary and weaning practices was not optimum. It is consequently a significant point to change the interventions at joining the hole between these practices in urban locations and WHO endorsements.

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