Improving Nutritional and Cultural Awareness of Mothers towards their Infants Using Mobile Applications

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Home Economics department- faculty of specific education- Assiut university

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Mothers’ knowledge of child nutrition plays a vital. Mothers, especially new, suffer from a lack of nutritional and cultural information, especially about basic daily information related to infant care. The first years of a child's life are the basis for building healthy eating habits throughout a lifetime and avoiding the consequences of food diseases. Parents have the main role at this age. Considering the current ubiquitous technology, the present study aimed to improve mothers’ nutritional and cultural awareness using a mobile phone application. 147 mothers from Assiut City participated, aged 20-40 years, with infants aged 0-24 months. Mothers were tested before and after using the app for three months. The results showed a significant improvement in mothers’ awareness and practices regarding infant care, as the study revealed highly significant differences between mothers’ awareness regarding breastfeeding, artificial breastfeeding and weaning (0.79±8.93 and 1.36±21.93), regarding complementary feeding (1.02±6.13 and 0.78±17.9), while infant sleep and physical and skill development were recorded (1.01±3.85 and 0.50±11.51) respectively, pre- and post-using the app. The total results of mothers' practices of breastfeeding, weaning, infant feeding, infant sleep, and physical and skills development were (3.63±4.41 and 2.49±27.67) respectively, pre- and post-using the app. The study recommends conducting intensive awareness programs for mothers during pregnancy

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