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June 20, 2022Asian Pacific Journal of Health SciencesOpen Access

Mothers’ Perception regarding Malnutrition in their Children

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PHPratiti HaldarLVLekha ViswanathASAshok Kumar Srivastava

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Qualitative study reveals maternal perceptions of malnutrition causes in young children, highlighting the need for targeted community-based nutritional support.

Key Points

  • To examine maternal perceptions regarding the primary causes and contributing factors of malnutrition in children under three years of age.
  • Conducted a qualitative study using 30–45 minute focus group discussions facilitated by an open-ended questionnaire in Haldwani block, Uttarakhand.
  • Purposively sampled mothers of identified malnourished children under three years of age.
  • Mothers identified irregularity in child feeding routines and strong cravings for outside food as primary drivers of poor nutritional status.
  • Additional reported barriers included inability to maintain exclusive breastfeeding, inadequate deworming, lack of guidance from community health workers, and maternal time constraints.

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Haldar et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7080ff35aa2c282ce1d333https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2022.9.4.18
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