Browsing by Author "Gebreselassie, Eyayu"

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    Mothers' knowledge, Perception and Practice on child nutrition and Complimentary Feeding at Tara Gedam Kebele (South Gondar)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-12) Gebreselassie, Eyayu; Seid, Yania (PhD); Seid, Mekiye (PhD)
    The main purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, perception and practice of child nutrition and complementary feedings among mothers' in Tara Gedam Kebele of Libokemkem Woreda. Mixed methods were used to study mothers' knowledge, perception and practice on chi ld complementary feed ing and mothers who have children below two years were se lected purposively. For the focused group di scus sions eight mothers were se lected by criteria sampli ng. Questionnaires were applied to collect quantitative data; and for qualitati ve data Focus Group Discussion and in-depth interview were used. The quantitative data were analyzed th rough SPSS and content analysis were applied for the qualitative data. Findings l1'om this study showed that considerable number of mothers' gave cow's milk as the first complementary food to their infants. The finding also showed that mothers' introduced their child with complementary foods because their breast milk is no longer sufficient and intluences were from social beli efs. About (57.5%) of the mothers feed their children only two to th ree times in day and inadequate complimentary foods at early stage has adverse impact on infant's physical and mental development in later years. Promotion of strong community based networks Llsing Social Workers, Health Extension Workers and local community's reso urce people are key actors to tack le this problem.Mothers' Knowledge. Perception, and Practice on Child Nutrition, and Complementary Feedi ng