- Title
Cross-sectional study of predictors of infant nutrition knowledge among new mothers in Iraq.
- Authors
Salih, Aseel Muayad; Shwaish, Tarik Ziyad Tarik; Saleh, Elaf Mohammed; Alkawaz, Wefak Hasan Abdulraheem
- Abstract
The article discusses research which examined predictors of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and nutrition knowledge among new mothers in primary health care centres in Basra City, Iraq. The study analyzed the association of age, income level, unemployment, education and receiving information from doctors or healthcare workers and social media or the Internet to knowledge about breastfeeding, formula feeding, complementary feeding, water supplements and food allergies.
- Subjects
IRAQ; INTELLECT; CROSS-sectional method; BREASTFEEDING; SOCIAL media; INCOME; MOTHERS; INTERVIEWING; PRIMARY health care; LOGISTIC regression analysis; UNEMPLOYMENT; MULTIVARIATE analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; FOOD allergy; INFORMATION resources; INTERNET; INFANT nutrition; ODDS ratio; STATISTICS; WATER; CONFIDENCE intervals; ARTIFICIAL feeding; LITERACY; POVERTY; EDUCATIONAL attainment; DIETARY supplements
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 9, p641
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.26719/2024.30.9.641