Effect of “Positive Hearth Deviance” on feeding practices and underweight prevalence among children aged 6-24 months in Quetta district, Pakistan: A comparative cross sectional study | Zendy

Novera Nishat | Zendy; Iram Batool | Zendy

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Effect of “Positive Hearth Deviance” on feeding practices and underweight prevalence among children aged 6-24 months in Quetta district, Pakistan: A comparative cross sectional study

Author(s) -

Novera Nishat,

Iram Batool

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

sri lanka journal of child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2386-110X

pISSN - 1391-5452

DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v40i2.3093

Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , underweight , cross sectional study , scopus , family medicine , publishing , tanzania , socioeconomics , medline , political science , law , body mass index , pathology , sociology , overweight

Objectives: To compare the feeding practices and underweight prevalence of hearth children with those of non hearth children. Method: A comparative cross sectional study was carried out from 1st April to 30th June 2009. The study population comprised mothers with children aged 6-24 months and of the same socioeconomic and cultural ties from two areas of Quetta District, Pakistan. The “Multi Level Random Sampling Technique” was used. Hearth mothers comprised those who attended hearth sessions (2006-2008) in the hearth area. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using Epi-Info version 3.3.2 and SPSS version 17.0 for windows. Results: The total study population was 200 mothers and the response rate was 95%. There was a statistically significant difference between the hearth and non hearth areas regarding age groups (P Conclusion: Feeding practices are significantly better and underweight prevalence significantly less in hearth mothers compared to non hearth mothers. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2011; 40 : 57-62 (Key words: Positive hearth deviance; feeding practices; lady health workers; knowledge) doi: 10.4038/sljch.v40i2.3093

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