The association between socioeconomic status with knowledge, attitude and practice toward use of iron and vitamin A-D supplements among infants and pregnants: the NUTRI-KAP survey.
2015; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0304-4556
AutoresForouzan Salehi, Zahra Abdollahi, Zeinab Ahadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Gita Shafiee, Shayesteh Khosravi, Maryam Sanaei, Mina Minaei, Ramin Heshmat,
Tópico(s)Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
ResumoBackground: The goal of the current study was to investigate the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Iranian households toward use of iron and vitamin AD however, urban households had better status than rural ones. One of the suggested ways of ameliorating nutritional issues in pregnant women and infants aged less than two years olds is educating households about the importance of supplementation in pregnancy and infancy. Keywords: Socioeconomic status, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Iron, Vitamin A-D
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