Child Care Practice of Mother of below Five Years Children in a Selected Semi Urban Area of Bangladesh

Delta Medical College Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-31 DOI:10.3329/DMCJ.V5I2.33345

Nasreen Akther, Meherunnessa Begum, S. Farah, N. Begum, Nargis Momotaz Lata, Rokshana Sabnom

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Background: Early childhood care plays an important role in childrens development and provides a valuable support to young children. High quality child care can have a positive influence on childrens development. Objective: To find out the child care practices among the mothers of below five year children in a semi urban area of Bangladesh and to find its association with some important demographic variables. Materials and method: This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted among 440 respondents who were selected purposively at Purba Chandra, Shafipur Upazilla, Gazipur in Bangladesh in January, 2016. A pre-designed semi structured questionnaire was used to collect data by face to face interview. Results: Majority of the respondents (72.05%) were within the age group of 16-25 years. About 25% (111) children were within 0-12 months of age. Among the respondents 280 (63.64%) were housewives and 141 (32.05%) were garment workers. Maximum mother (72.73%) herself took care of their children and only 86 (19.54%) were cared by their grandmother/father. Majority of the children (87.05%) took colostrum as their first food, 164 (37.27%) children were breast fed up to age of 13-24 months and 302 (68.64%) children received exclusive breast feeding up to 6 months. Most of the children (92.95%) were vaccinated as per EPI schedule. Among them 283 (64.32%) children suffered from disease in last 3 months and 225 (79.51%) took treatment for their illness. Among them 83 (36.89%) took treatment from quack and only 76 (33.78%) children took treatment from private doctor. Conclusion: In this study, most of the mothers did not complete their secondary education and had a lack of knowledge of child rearing practice. This study provided a vivid picture of the child care practice among mothers and could help to the concerned authority in their policy making and planning to alleviate the problem. Delta Med Col J. Jul 2017 5(2): 76-82

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背景:幼儿保育在儿童的发展中起着重要的作用，为幼儿提供了宝贵的支持。高质量的儿童保育对儿童的发展有积极的影响。目的:了解孟加拉国半城市地区5岁以下儿童母亲的托儿做法，并发现其与一些重要的人口变量的关系。材料和方法:这项描述性的横断面研究于2016年1月在孟加拉国加济普尔的Purba Chandra, Shafipur Upazilla, Gazipur有目的地选择了440名受访者。采用预先设计的半结构化问卷，采用面对面访谈的方式收集数据。结果:调查对象年龄在16 ~ 25岁之间的占72.05%。约25%(111)的儿童年龄在0-12个月以内。受访者中有280人(63.64%)是家庭主妇，141人(32.05%)是服装工人。最多的母亲(72.73%)自己照顾孩子，只有86名(19.54%)由祖母/父亲照顾。大多数儿童(87.05%)以初乳为第一食物，164名儿童(37.27%)母乳喂养至13-24月龄，302名儿童(68.64%)母乳喂养至6月龄。大多数儿童(92.95%)按照扩大免疫计划接种了疫苗。其中近3个月内发病283例(64.32%)，接受治疗225例(79.51%)。其中有83名儿童(36.89%)就诊于庸医，仅有76名儿童(33.78%)就诊于私家医生。结论:本研究中，大多数母亲未完成中等教育，缺乏育儿实践知识。这项研究提供了一个生动的画面，在母亲照顾孩子的做法，可以帮助有关当局的政策制定和规划，以减轻这一问题。中华医学会医学杂志，2017,35 (2):76-82

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