Maternal perception of malnutrition among infants using verbal and pictorial methods in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare mothers' perceptions of their own infants' nutritional status with anthropometric indicators of undernutrition.

Design

A qualitative study and cross-sectional quantitative survey. The qualitative study involved developing tools to assess mother's perception. Two methods of verbal description and a pictorial scale were developed. The quantitative survey involved measuring maternal perception and comparing it with the anthropometric measures of weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) and mid-upper arm circumference-for-age Z-score (MUACZ).

Setting

A rural community setting in Kenya.

Subjects

Seventy-four infants aged between 4 and 6 months, and their mothers, living in rural Kenya were enrolled.

Results

Using verbal description, the positive and

SUBMITTER: Mwangome MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4396440 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature