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Abstract
Adequate nutrition is very important for optimal growth and development of infants. It should started at the pregnancy period and
continue through the first two years of infant life, which is the critical
period for mental and physical development. Infants who living with their mothers in prison are the most vulnerable to malnutrition due to poor condition, contaminated water, inadequate food and hygiene. For this
reason , nutritional intervention is very important to improve infant
growth.
A- Purpose of the study:
To assess the effect of nutritional intervention on growth of infants
accompanying their mothers in prison.
B- Research design:
A quasi-experimental design was utilized (pre, post and follow up
test).
C- Research setting:
This study was conducted in Qanater Women’s Prison at the library
room and jail ward.
D- Subjects:
A convenience sample of 30 mother accompanying their infants from birth up to 2 years of age in the above mentioned setting were included.
128E- Instruments of the study:Three instruments were used for data collection:Instrument one: A structured interview questionnaire (pre,immediate post& follow up test). It was adopted from Eleaner & Sara(2016) and modified by the researcher to assess mother’s knowledge about their infants feeding. It consisted of two parts:Part 1: characteristics of studied mothers such as name, age, social status, level of education, occupation while out of prison, duration and nature of confinement as well as infant’s name, age and gender.Part 2: Mother’s knowledge about their infants feeding (breastfeeding,bottle feeding & complementary feeding).Instrument two: An observational checklist (pre, immediate post &follow up test). It was developed by the researcher after thorough review of literature to assess mothers practice related to infants feeding. It
consisted of four parts:Part1: Mothers practices while providing breastfeeding.Part2: Mothers practices while providing bottle feeding.Part3: Mothers practices while introducing complementary feeding.Part4: Mothers practices about food safety and hygiene.Instrument three: Anthropometric measurements: It was developed by WHO (2000) & National Institution of Health (2008). It consisted of five measurements such as weight, length, body mass index, mid arm circumference and growth charts. F-The main results of the study showed that:1- Approximetly one third of studied mothers were confined less than 6 years.2- Approximetly more than one third of studied mothers were breastfeed (40.00%). 3- The mean total score of mother’s knowledge about breast feeding were39.43 ± 7.51, 52.43 ± 1.60 and 40.53 ± 7.98 respectively on pre, immediate post and follow up tests.4- The mean total score of mothers practice about breast feeding were 30.60±2.36, 32.60±3.15 and 30.04±1.8 respectively on pre,immediate post and follow up tests.5- There were no correlation between total knowledge and total practice score about breastfeeding .6- The mean total score of mother’s knowledge about bottle feeding were 21.00 ± 6.67, 28.83 ± 2.40 and 25.16 ± 4.1respectively on pre, immediate post and follow up tests.7- The mean total score of mothers practice about bottle feeding were 31.75±3.91, 35.83 ± 3.7 and 32.76 ± 2.3 respectively on pre,immediate post and follow up tests 8- There were positive correlation between total knowledge and total practice score about bottle feeding.9- The mean total score of mother’s knowledge about complementary feeding were 29.06 ±5.08, 36.53 ± 1.33 and 34.67 ± 5.1respectively on pre, immediate post and follow up tests.10- The mean total score of mothers practice about complementary feeding were 16.85±2.00, 18.19 ±2.33 and 19.33±0.75
respectively on pre, immediate post and follow up tests.
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11- There were positive correlation between total knowledge and total
practice score about complementary feeding.
12- Infants had the highest mean score of anthropometric
measurements after 6 months of the nutritional intervention.
13- There were positive correlation between total practice score of
complementary feeding and infant’s weight.
G-The study concluded that:
Mothers gained more knowledge and had better practices on post
test following the adherence of nutritional intervention. Also, their infants
had better growth after implementation of the nutritional intervention.
H-Based on the results of the study it was recommended that:
The Prison Authority in conjunction with the nurse’s officers
should make a plan in order to monitor infant growth monthly to
detect any deviations from normality.
Nurse’s officers should provide mothers with continuous
educational training program to improve their knowledge and
practices regarding their infants feeding.
Ministry of interior should employ nutritional officers to provide
incarcerated mothers with the needed information and adequate
amount of food that their infants need. Also, they should help
mother to prepare nutritious meals with locally available
ingredients.