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ASSESSMENT OF MOTHERS' HEALTH KNOWLEDGE REGARDING RICKETS IN CHILDREN | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-16 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khalida Abdul Sattar Abdul Jaba | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main aim of this study is to find out the mother's health knowledge about rickets .Data on mothers' health knowledge were collected using a special questionnaire . 1000 mothers were interviewed on the subject ., randomly selected from attendants of primary Health care centers (PHCC) in Baghdad Governorate .The results found that mothers who had high education level had better health knowledge concerning rickets, 98.2 % mothers were heard about rickets , and 93.3 % mothers know the symptoms of the disease . The mothers who live in urban area have more knowledge about rickets than mothers who live in rural area . And most of mothers did not know how to prevent the disease , 70.3 % of mothers from urban area , and 79.2% of mothers from rural area .The researcher recommend that the educational program in nutrition for the mothers should be carried out . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rickets; Health knowledge; Mothers | ||
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