JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Maternal Knowledge and Beliefs About Child Growth Monitoring and Promotion Program Based on the Health Belief Model and Its Relationship With Child Growth Parameters
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Title
JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Maternal Knowledge and Beliefs About Child Growth Monitoring and Promotion Program Based on the Health Belief Model and Its Relationship With Child Growth Parameters
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Maternal Knowledge and Beliefs About Child Growth Monitoring and Promotion Program Based on the Health Belief Model and Its Relationship With Child Growth Parameters
Subject
Child Growth Monitoring and Promotion, Anthropometry, Health Belief Model.
Description
Introduction: The efficacy of Growth Monitoring and Promotion (GMP) program depends on active
participation. However, its low acceptance by mothers is believed to reduce their participation in the program.
Objective: This study aims to assess maternal beliefs and knowledge about GMP and examine its association
with the child growth parameters.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 470 mother-child dyads who were
recruited from public health centers of Ahvaz and Bushehr cities from August 2018 to February 2019
using a convenient sampling method. A questionnaire surveying anthropometric and socio-demographic
characteristics as well as maternal knowledge and beliefs based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) was used
to gather data. Child growth parameters were obtained from their medical records. Multinomial logistic
regression was applied to determine the predictors of child growth parameters from among the HBM domains.
Results: The mothers had a mean age of 29.56±5.10 years, and 92% had a planned pregnancy. Favorable
growth percentage based on parameters of length-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length and head
circumference-for-age was 94.3%, 93.2%, 90.6%, and 93.1%, respectively. The mean scores for HBM
constracts of self-efficacy, cues to action, risk susceptibility, barriers to action, benefits to action, risk
severity, and GMP knowledge were 64.09±9.92, 89.95±11.77, 44.71±6.73, 54.81±10.52, 60.23±9.59,
66.52±9.33, and 46.83±5.44, respectively. Higher GMP knowledge was associated with higher weight-for-
length (β=0.345, 95%CI; 0.064- 0.625, P=0.016) and head circumference-for-age (β=0.287, 95%CI; 0.022-
0.596, P=0.025). Higher weight-for-age was significantly associated with higher scores of GMP knowledge
(β=0.409, 95%CI; 0.011-0.806, P=0.044), barriers to action (β=0.155, 95%CI; 0.025-0.284, P=0.019) and
cues to action (β=0.190, P=0.03, 95%CI; 0.017- 0.362).
Conclusion: Mothers’ beliefs and knowledge about GMP can affect child growth and should be considered
in educational interventions to increase their participation in GMP program and ultimately improve their
child growth.
participation. However, its low acceptance by mothers is believed to reduce their participation in the program.
Objective: This study aims to assess maternal beliefs and knowledge about GMP and examine its association
with the child growth parameters.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 470 mother-child dyads who were
recruited from public health centers of Ahvaz and Bushehr cities from August 2018 to February 2019
using a convenient sampling method. A questionnaire surveying anthropometric and socio-demographic
characteristics as well as maternal knowledge and beliefs based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) was used
to gather data. Child growth parameters were obtained from their medical records. Multinomial logistic
regression was applied to determine the predictors of child growth parameters from among the HBM domains.
Results: The mothers had a mean age of 29.56±5.10 years, and 92% had a planned pregnancy. Favorable
growth percentage based on parameters of length-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length and head
circumference-for-age was 94.3%, 93.2%, 90.6%, and 93.1%, respectively. The mean scores for HBM
constracts of self-efficacy, cues to action, risk susceptibility, barriers to action, benefits to action, risk
severity, and GMP knowledge were 64.09±9.92, 89.95±11.77, 44.71±6.73, 54.81±10.52, 60.23±9.59,
66.52±9.33, and 46.83±5.44, respectively. Higher GMP knowledge was associated with higher weight-for-
length (β=0.345, 95%CI; 0.064- 0.625, P=0.016) and head circumference-for-age (β=0.287, 95%CI; 0.022-
0.596, P=0.025). Higher weight-for-age was significantly associated with higher scores of GMP knowledge
(β=0.409, 95%CI; 0.011-0.806, P=0.044), barriers to action (β=0.155, 95%CI; 0.025-0.284, P=0.019) and
cues to action (β=0.190, P=0.03, 95%CI; 0.017- 0.362).
Conclusion: Mothers’ beliefs and knowledge about GMP can affect child growth and should be considered
in educational interventions to increase their participation in GMP program and ultimately improve their
child growth.
Creator
Raziye Tahmasebi , Fatemeh Najafi Sharjabad , Maryam Seyedtabib , Marzieh Araban , Kambiz Ahmadi Angali , Fatemeh Borazjani
Date
July 2022, Volume 32, Number 3
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
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PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Raziye Tahmasebi , Fatemeh Najafi Sharjabad , Maryam Seyedtabib , Marzieh Araban , Kambiz Ahmadi Angali , Fatemeh Borazjani, “JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 32 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Maternal Knowledge and Beliefs About Child Growth Monitoring and Promotion Program Based on the Health Belief Model and Its Relationship With Child Growth Parameters,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/941.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Maternal Knowledge and Beliefs About Child Growth Monitoring and Promotion Program Based on the Health Belief Model and Its Relationship With Child Growth Parameters,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/941.