Actitudes y prácticas sobre la alimentación complementaria en madres y el estado nutricional de niñas (OS) de 6 a 12 meses, atendidos en la Unidad de Salud del Niño, Centro de Salud de Morales, periodo Junio – Octubre 2016

• Autores: De Jesús Ruiz Tavera, María Teresa, Pinedo Córdova, Mayri
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de San Martin - Tarapoto
• Repositorio: UNSM-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unsm.edu.pe:11458/2160
• Enlace del recurso: http://hdl.handle.net/11458/2160
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Actitudes; Prácticas; Alimentación complementaria

The present study aimed to “Determine the relationship between attitudes and practices on complementary feeding in mothers and nutritional status in girls aged 6 to 12 months attended at the child health unit in the health center of Morales, period June-October 2016", non-experimental, descriptive, applied, transversal study, the sample was 200 mothers, who met the inclusion criteria. The technique used was the survey and as a tool the questionnaires were used. The results were: 88.6% of the population under study have a positive attitude and 77.1% have adequate practices on complementary feeding. 78.9% of children aged 6 to 12 months have a normal nutritional status. In conclusion, there is a statistically significant relationship between attitudes and practices on complementary feeding in mothers and the nutritional status of girls from 6 to 12 months, at 5% significance level p = 0.016 in attitude and nutritional status and p = 0, 020 in practice and the child's nutritional status