biostudies-literatureUnknown23(1)Sosanya MESchlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Program<h4>Background</h4>In Sub-Saharan Africa, the nutritional status of children born to teenage mothers deserves critical attention. Maternal knowledge and attitudes concerning infant and young child feeding (IYCF) may predict actual practices and child nutritional status. This study created and validated the Teen Moms Child Feeding Questionnaire for Sub-Saharan Africa.<h4>Methods</h4>A literature search on IYCF knowledge and attitude gaps in teenage mothers generated scale items. Ten nutrition experts and six teenage mothers assessed content validity and comprehensibility, respectively. Construct validation was conducted by item response theory (IRT) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), in 150 teenage mothers in rural communities of Abuja, Nigeria. Model fit parameters were estimated by sBMC public health1487https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10401754biostudies-literatureDevelopment and validation of the Teen Moms Child Feeding Questionnaire for Sub-Saharan Africa.PMC10401754Muhammad RSosanya MEFreeland-Graves JHBeamon IfalseDevelopment and validation of the Teen Moms Child Feeding Questionnaire for Sub-Saharan Africa.<h4>Background</h4>In Sub-Saharan Africa, the nutritional status of children born to teenage mothers deserves critical attention. Maternal knowledge and attitudes concerning infant and young child feeding (IYCF) may predict actual practices and child nutritional status. This study created and validated the Teen Moms Child Feeding Questionnaire for Sub-Saharan Africa.<h4>Methods</h4>A literature search on IYCF knowledge and attitude gaps in teenage mothers generated scale items. Ten nutrition experts and six teenage mothers assessed content validity and comprehensibility, respectively. Construct validation was conducted by item response theory (IRT) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), in 150 teenage mothers in rural communities of Abuja, Nigeria. Model fit parameters were estimated by s2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Aug2026-06-04T06:08:34.077Z2025-02-19T00:27:25.43ZS-EPMC104017543754231110.1186/s12889-023-16365-5