Assessment Of Nutritional Knowledge And Practice On The Health Of Pregnant Women In Mayo-dassa Jalingo, Taraba State

Assessment Of Nutritional Knowledge And Practice On The Health Of Pregnant Women In Mayo-dassa Jalingo, Taraba State

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Abstract

This study was carried out to assess the nutritive knowledge practices on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State. Specifically, the study assessed the knowledge of pregnant maters with regard to motherly nutrition, determined the extent nutritive practices are carried out by pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State, examined the goods of malnutrition on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State and, examined the nutritive challenges pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State face. The study employed the check descriptive exploration design. A aggregate of 141 responses were validated from the check. The study espoused the Pender’s Health Promotion Model. From the responses attained and analysed, the findings on the goods of malnutrition on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State include dammed labour, unseasonable or low- birth- weight babies, postpartum haemorrhage and, anaemia. likewise, the findings revealed that utmost pregnant women’s are knowledgeable about motherly nutrition. The findings further revealed that the extent of nutritive practices carried out by pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State is veritably high. The study recommends that health addresses should be encouraged on each prenatal day and nursers should put further emphasis on nutrition.

Chapter One

Preface

Background Of The Study

nutritive knowledge has been proven to play a veritably vital part in espousing optimal nutrition practices in the health of every expectantmother.As a matter of fact, health and nutritive status of the population of a nation is an important index of development of the country( Taleb, Kaibi, & Deghboudj, 2011). A nutrition check carried out in India observed that the nutritive status of pregnant and lactating and babies isn’t satisfactory. According toL.M.( 2010), this is presumably due to lack of introductory knowledge regarding proper nutrition and wrong customs current in the community besides non vacuity and low input of food. In Nigeria, there are some adverse socio-artistic and provident factors that produced negative consequences and reduce women’s access to effectiveante-natal services demanded to reduce motherly morbidity and mortality. The most important of these are the low socioeconomic status of women that deny them access to perceptible decision- making with regard to their reproductive functions, high position of womanish ignorance which is a leading cause of poor health seeking geste for motherliness services among Nigerian women and high rate of poverty that generally affects women leading to shy salutary inputs, high rate of gestation complications and women’s reduced access to substantiation grounded motherliness services( Obionu, 2006). motherly nutrition ahead and during gestation is an important determinant of birth weight. High rate of Low Birth Weight( LBW) in developing countries has been attributed to poor motherly nutrition( Obionu, 2006). gestation is a time of tremendous physiological change that demands healthy salutary life choices. Growing foetus draws a lot of energy and nutrients from the mama to enhance physical and cerebral development( Oni, & Tukur, 2012). In developing countries like Nigeria, it’s essential to countries that low birth weight stems primarily from the mama ’s poor health and nutrition, and shy nutrition during gestation accounts for a large proportion of growth deceleration( Igbokwe, 2012). Malnutrition has been honored as one of the beginning factor for motherly death during the process of gravidity. The causes of malnutrition are multidimensional andmulti-factorial with poverty, food inadequacy and motherly ignorance being the main malefactor of the imminence in developing countries. The health of the mama and her nutritive status can impact the health and survival of the child because of the natural links that live between her and her child during gestation and lactation( Obionu, 2006).

There’s an important factor under nutrition that’s responsible for high child mortality rate, motherly mortality rate and also for low birth weight of babies. Applicable nutritive practice on the other hand plays a vital part in determining optimal health and development of babies( Fasola, Abosede, & Fasola, 2018). There’s abundant epidemiological substantiation that poor antenatal nutrition predisposes the seed to conditions in its afterlife.Inadequate nutrition is the predominant factor leading to malnutrition, which can be expressed as either under nutrition or over nutrition. Corsi, Kyu, & Subramanian,( 2011) refocused out that under nutrition occurs when there isn’t only shy energy but also a lack or imbalance of specific food factors and nutrients. In addition to sufficient energy, acceptable inventories of macronutrients and micronutrients are needed to promote optimum growth. The proportions and quantities of these nutrients may change according to the colorful stage ofgrowth.There have been considerable changes in mortal life each over the world in the recent decades. Especially in recent times, the life has fleetly been changed. These changes appeared in diet, types of food, cuisine time, etc. currently reused foods are fleetly replacing organic food. Another change is the rapid-fire increase in the number of caffs and in people’s tendency to eat fast food. Proper nutrition is one of the most important aspects of life( Daly, Azefor, & Nasah, 1993). Epidemiological substantiation shows that there’s an increased prevalence of conditions similar as( Cardiovascular conditions, rotundity, high blood pressure and cancer), which can be attributed to changes in life as well as changes in nutritive habits. nutritive education is also one of the important aspects that play a big part in nutritive knowledge by raising mindfulness and eventually the health of the society( Awosika, 2001). In order to remain healthy and physically active and enjoy a healthier life style it’s necessary to gain good nutritive knowledge and apply it. The knowledge, station and practice must be considers in expectant maters in order to promote society health. Awosika,( 2001) opines that from time old it has been honored that the pregnant and lactating women form one of the most nutritionally vulnerable parts of the population; the ill goods of motherly under nutrition affect not only the mama but also heroffspring.In order to bring about change in the position of nutritive knowledge and practices prevailing people regarding nutrition, an attempt was made then to give an mindfulness regarding nutritive knowledge practices on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State.

Statement Of The Problem

In our society, there’s strong attachment to beliefs and artistic morals indeed among the educated bones ( Arimond, & Ruel, 2004). While we agree that some of these beliefs and the practices are good, the others may not be so good. Listed advances in drug and medical services not opposing, maturity of the pregnant women feel to prefer taking instruction on nutrition and prenatal healthcare than from traditional birth attendants( Awosika, 2001). This different information have effect on the health of pregnant women therefore the need to carry out this study on effect of nutritive knowledge, beliefs and practices on the health of pregnant women.

Understanding what they eat and what they prohibit or abominate will enable the health worker structure a balance diet for them in line with available original food stuffs. Also, chancing a means of spreading health talk on nutrition during gestation.

Objects Of The Problem

The primary ideal of this study is to assess nutritive knowledge practices on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State. Specifically, but not limited to, other objects of this study are

To assess knowledge of pregnant maters with regard to motherly nutrition

To determine the extent nutritive practices are carried out by pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State.

To examine the goods of malnutrition on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State.

To examine the nutritive challenges pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State face

Exploration Questions

The following exploration questions which are in line with the objects will be answered in this study

Are pregnant women knowledgeable about motherly nutrition?

To what extent are nutritive practices carried out by pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State?

What are the goods of malnutrition on the health of pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State?

What are the nutritive challenges pregnant women in Mayo- Dassa Jalingo, Taraba State face?

Significance Of The Study

It’s believed that at the end of this study the findings will be of utmost benefits to every pregnant women as it serves as a means of abridging the goods of malnutrition on their health. The ministry of health will also learn a great deal from the findings as