Table 2 Mothers’ Knowledge and attitudes towards infant and young child feeding recommendation.
Variables | Frequency (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st round survey | 2nd round survey | 3rd round survey | 4th round survey | |
Knowledge related variables | ||||
Correctly answered recommended duration of continued breastfeeding | 55.4% | 74.2% | 73.3% | 80.3% |
Correctly answered age of start of complementary foods | 94.5% | 96.8% | 97.0% | 96.0% |
Gave good reasons for giving complementary foods at 6 months | 89.0% | 97.1% | 97.2% | 97.2% |
Correctly knew how to ensure consistency of meal | 71.0% | 82.8% | 85.8% | 88.2% |
Gave good reasons why consistency of meal of meal is necessary | 27.2% | 37.5% | 65.0% | 78.9% |
Correctly knew how to ensure dietary diversity and ways of enriching porridge | 85.0% | 95.2% | 94.9% | 95.7% |
Knew responsive feeding | 57.0% | 78.9% | 98.8% | 99.5% |
Classification of knowledge | ||||
High (> 70%) | 52.7% | 65.3% | 76.4% | 78.2% |
Low | 47.3% | 34.7% | 23.7% | 21.8% |
Attitude related variables | ||||
Feels confident in preparing food for child | 86.7% | 94.3% | 96.6% | 97.4% |
Perceives that giving different types of food is beneficial to child | 98.7% | 98.8% | 98.3% | 99.1% |
Has difficulty giving different types of food to child | 84.3% | 85.2% | 51.5% | 55.5% |
Perceives that feeding child several times each day is beneficial | 99.4% | 99.3% | 98.5% | 97.5% |
Has difficulty feeding child several times a day | 86.5% | 86.0% | 32.8% | 32.9% |
Perceives that its beneficial to continue breastfeeding beyond 6 months | 97.2% | 99.4% | 97.0% | 98.0% |
Has difficulty continuing to breastfeed beyond 6 months | 11.0% | 8.5% | 28.1% | 33.5% |
Attitude classification | ||||
Positive (> 70%) | 76.3% | 82.7% | 84.2% | 87.5% |
Less positive | 23.7% | 17.3% | 15.7% | 12.5% |
