Educational intervention in knowledge, attitudes and practices on multimicronutrients, in children of Chilca, Huancayo - 2017

Abstract

Objectives: To improve knowledge, attitudes and practices of multimicronutrient consumption in children under
3 years of age, from the Micro Health Network of Chilca, through an educational intervention. Material and Methods: The scientific method was used, being a research of applied type, epidemiological design, application level; with a sample of 65 mothers or caregivers of children under 5 years of age in the Micro Health Network of Chilca, in the province of Huancayo. An educational intervention was carried out with a diagnostic phase and a final test, to measure the expected changes from the intervention. The hypothesis was contrasted through the Student’s t test (level of significance 0.05%). Results: It was found that the most significant changes in relation to knowledge about micronutrient consumption were evidenced in the information that mothers have about the main problems a child has when they have anemia (increase of 30.7%); in relation to the attitudes on the micronutrient consumption, it was possible to have a favorable attitude of the mothers, regarding the good thing that results for the child to consume the supplement (increase of 30.8%); the practices on the consumption of micronutrients in children improved in relation to the consumption of the supplement the day before the home visit, achieving an increase of 30.6%; in addition to other positive changes achieved by the educational intervention. Conclusions: The knowledge, attitudes and practices on the consumption of multimicronutrients, changed positively after the educational intervention (p-value = 0.000).