This thesis reports on a study carried out in Peri -Urban Thika. The study aimed at establishing from the mothers of children 0 -2 years old which of their dailly activities are regarded specifically as childcare acti ...

This study aimed at determining the various childcare activi ties performed by caregivers, time allocation for childcare activities and nutritional status of children aged 0-2 years. A descriptive cross-sectional study ...

Dietary diversity has long been recognized by nutritionists as a key measure of the diet quality because nutrients essential for meeting nutritional requirements are not always found in sufficient amounts in a single ...

People with the human immunodeficiency virus need good nutrition to sustain their health and minimize morbidity episodes. Appropriate health care at the hospital level is unaffordable and care has shifted to home based ...

This is a comparative study, which was carried out in Kwale District, Msambweni division from December 1994 to September 1995. This study focuses on the maternal occupation as it influences food consumption patterns, ...

When children reach school ugc, they arc still !:',I'OWlllg, although 11Ilt ;lS lils( ;l~; their yOUllgl'l' brothers and sisters. They are usually very active and use up plenty of energy every day. To improve the nutritional ...

A cross-sectional study was carried out in Bahirdar Town of the Amhara National Regional State in north-west Ethiopia. A total of 284 children aged 0-59 months were studied. The objective of the study was to compare the ...

Bottle-feeding is common with more than half of the children given prelacteal feeds an hour after birth while median duration of breastfeeding (16.7 months) is also below the recommended duration. These inappropriate ...

In most developing countries, the number of children growing up on the streets of the world's cities is rising at an alarming rate. There is scanty research done on the effect of such a lifestyle on the personal ...