Awareness of Maternal and Child Health Centers Nurses regarding Stunting among Children under Five Years | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 577-590 PDF (616.77 K) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.278836 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nashwa Mahmoud Ahmed* 1; Doaa Mohamed Sobhy Elsayed2; Basma Mohamed AbdElrahman2 | ||
| 1M.Sc. student of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five due to chronic malnutrition and psychosocial stimulation and exposure to repeated infections, especially in the first 1000 days of birth. The aim of this study was assess awareness of maternal and child health centers nurses regarding stunting among children under five years. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Qualyobia Governorate which includes 11 health administrations, 25% of them were selected randomly, it included 3 administrations namely; Benha Administration, Kafr Shokr administration and Toukh administration. One MCH center was taken randomly from each administration, it included the general medical MCH center at Benha, Kafr Shukr MCH center and Alamar MCH center. Sample: Convenient sample of 118 nurses who were working in previously mentioned settings. Tools: Two tools were used, I): Structured interviewing questionnaire was used, it consisted of two parts : A) Socio-demographic characteristics of nurses. B): Knowledge of nurses regarding stunting among children under five years. II): Observational check list to assess nurses' practices regarding stunting. Results: 16.1% of the studied nurses had good total knowledge level, 51.1% had average total knowledge level regarding stunting. 82.2% of the studied nurses had satisfactory total practices level regarding stunting. Conclusion: There were highly statistically significant relations between studied nurses’ total knowledge level and age, level of education, years of experience, residence and monthly income. Also, there were highly statistically significant relations between studied nurses' total practices level and their age. There was a highly statistically significant relation between studied nurses total knowledge level and total practices level. Recommendations: Health education program to improve nurses' knowledge and practices regarding stunting among children under five years. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Children under five years; Nurses Awareness; Maternal and Child Health Centers; Stunting | ||
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