The objectives of the study were to determine infant and young child feeding (IYCF)
knowledge of Household Health Promoters (HHPs) and examine its relationship with
demographic characteristics. Quantitative, non-experimental descriptive design was
used. Seventy-one randomly selected HHPs participated in the study. A structured
questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results showed that the mean IYCF
knowledge score was 77.8% (N=71). The knowledge of the respondents was not
uniform across the components of IYCF which ranged between 19.72% for duration of
breastfeeding to 100% for colostrums feeding. None of the socio-demographic
characteristic was significantly associated to the mean knowledge score. The study
identified that refresher training should be provided to the HHPs on IYCF with emphasis
on the aspects of IYCF with scores below the mean / Health Studies
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/8782 |
| Date | 12 March 2013 |
| Creators | Demissie, Shiferaw Dechasa |
| Contributors | Manafe, Mashudu |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Rights | University of South Africa |
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