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. 2016:2016:9302428.
doi: 10.1155/2016/9302428. Epub 2016 Jan 3.

South Vietnamese Rural Mothers' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Child Health Care

Dinh Thac  1 , Freddy Karup Pedersen  2 , Tang Chi Thuong  1 , Le Bich Lien  1 , Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh  3 , Nguyen Ngoc Phuc  3
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South Vietnamese Rural Mothers' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Child Health Care

Dinh Thac et al. Biomed Res Int. 2016.

Abstract

A study of 600 rural under-five mothers' knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) in child care was performed in 4 southern provinces of Vietnam. The mothers were randomly selected and interviewed about sociodemographic factors, health seeking behaviour, and practice of home care of children and neonates. 93.2% of the mothers were literate and well-educated, which has been shown to be important for child health care. 98.5% were married suggesting a stable family, which is also of importance for child health. Only 17.3% had more than 2 children in their family. The mother was the main caretaker in 77.7% of the families. Only 1% would use quacks as their first health contact, but 25.2% would use a private clinic, which therefore eases the burden on the government system. Nearly 69% had given birth in a hospital, 27% in a commune health station, and only 2.7% at home without qualified assistance. 89% were giving exclusive breast feeding at 6 months, much more frequent than in the cities. The majority of the mothers could follow IMCI guideline for home care, although 25.2% did not deal correctly with cough and 38.7% did not deal correctly with diarrhoea. Standard information about Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) based home care is still needed.

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Mother's basic care for sick children.
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Mother's basic care for newborn babies.
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Exclusive breast feeding (BF) at 6 months.
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