Level of knowledge of mothers and the relationship the admimistration of micronutrients in nursing infants, Trujillo 2017

Abstract

The present research seeks to determine the level of knowledge of mothers and the relationship with the administration of micronutrients in children under 2 years of age at San Martín de Porres Health Center, Trujillo 2017. The design is quantitative, descriptive, simple correlational, in which a questionnaire was applied to measure the level of knowledge, and a checklist to monitor the administration of micronutrients in their homes in a sample of 76 mothers who had met the selection

criteria. The level of knowledge of 67.1% of mothers was regular; 26.3% had a good level of knowledge, and the level of knowledge of 6.6% was poor. Regarding the administration of micronutrients in their homes, only 23.7% administered the micronutrients adequately, while 76.3% did not. According to the Chi-square test, it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge of mothers and the administration of micronutrients, with a value X2 = 11.019 and a value p = 0.002 (≤0.05).