Diseño de una guía educativa sobre alimentación complementaria para niños, niñas de 6 a 12 meses dirigido a madres de familia de la comunidad de Daldal, parroquia Pungala, provincia de Chimborazo 2018

Abstract

The following research work has as its main aim the design of an educative guide about supplementary feeding for children of ages between 6 and 12 years of age. It is mostly directed towards mothers at Daldal community, Pungala parish, Chimborazo province. The main design of the investigation was cross-sectional descriptive because it propitiated a narration of the facts as they occurred in order to identify the knowledge, attitudes, and practices that mothers have regarding the nourishment of infants under 1 year of age. The universe was composed of 35 mothers who took a nourishment survey in order to compile relevant information for the investigation. From this survey important results were obtained. For example, 38% of mothers are single and take care of their infants full time, a 31% are dedicated to agricultural labors, and the rest 60%, are housewives. A 34% of mothers have no knowledge of what complementary nourishment is, whereas 77% of mothers initiate the stage of complementary nourishment at 6 months of age. These results are troubling due to the fact that even though the age of the beginning of nourishment is appropriate, not all the population of mothers know how to introduce the proper foods according to the age of the infants. As a result, it was concluded that mothers lack the appropriate knowledge about supplementary feeding for children from 6 up to 12 months of age. Accordingly, it is recommended to apply the guide developed in this research work.