Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de las madres sobre nutrición e inmunización infantil de niños de 0 a 2 años. Centro de Salud Parque Iberia Cuenca 2019.

Abstract

Background: In the first stage of childhood, poor diet, and inadequate immunization generates a high risk of developmental delay affecting cognitive abilities and suffering from diseases. The lack of education and information of the mother, leads to a diet with deficit of quantity and quality for the child during the first years, as well as the risk of suffering preventable diseases.

Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers about child nutrition and associated immunization in children with ages from 0 to 2 years, in the Parque Iberia Health Center of the city of Cuenca, February-May 2019 period.

Methodology: A descriptive, observational study was carried out. The sample was made up of 128 mothers of children children from 0 to 2 years old, who attended the external consultation of the Iberia Park health center. To do this, they will be surveyed and the information compiled in a Data Collection Form. The data were tabulated and analyzed using the SPSS statistical program version 24.0. Frequencies and percentages were used for interpretation.

Results: Mothers reside in urban areas and with a medium level of education. Their knowledge of nutrition indicates that they know the advantages of breastfeeding in most cases, they believe that the feeding and consumption of complementary drinks generally think that they should be around 6 months, and that the less than 6 months should only breastfeed. Vaccines consider it a medicine to prevent diseases, there is a deficit in knowledge about the vaccination picture. Conclusions: Mothers' knowledge about nutrition and immunization is not the most correct, especially in vaccination, they show positive attitudes and their practices are closely linked to the knowledge they possess.