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Journal of Korean Maternal and Child Health 2010;14(2):103-112.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2010.14.2.103    Published online July 31, 2010.
Comparison of Complementary Foods Education in Public Health Centers and the Educational Needs of Mothers with Children
윤애련1, 김정순2, 정인숙2
1부산시 사상구 보건소
2부산대학교
보건소의 이유 교육과 영유아 부모가 희망하는 이유 교육의 비교
윤애련1, 김정순2, 정인숙2
1부산시 사상구 보건소
2부산대학교
Abstract
Objectives
This study was aimed to compare the complementary foods education provided by officers in the public health centers (PHCs) and the educational needs of mothers with children.
Methods
The participants were 38 nurses in charge of infants' affairs in 38 PHCs located in Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongnam and 343 mothers with children from 4 to 36 months of age who visited the PHCs for any reasons. Data was collected with the self- administered questionnaire from February 1 to March 30, 2007, and analyzed with descriptive statistics and chi-squared test using SPSS Win (version 12.0).
Results
65.8 percent of the in PHC nurses had educated the complementary foods. Education on the complementary foods in time, methods, media, and contents by PHC nurses were during pregnancy (52.0%), distributing booklet/pamphlet (72.0%), booklet/ pamphlet (80.0%), and time to introduce complementary foods (92.0%), respectively. Preferred education on the complementary foods in time, methods, media, and contents by mothers were postpartum 4~6 months (39.9%), practice (56.3%), booklet/pamphlet (51.0%), and recipe of complementary foods (45.5%), respectively. There were statistically significant difference in time for education, education methods, media, and contents between current education on complementary food provided by PHCs and mothers' needs.
Conclusion
Nurses in charge of child' affairs in PHCs should take a key role in complementary foods education, and develop practice-oriented educational programs based on the mothers' needs related to complementary foods.
Key Words: complementary foods, education, public health centers


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