Patterns in Mothers’ Recollection of Health Care Providers’ Young Child Feeding Recommendations

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nutr Educ Behav
• Personal Author:
  McGowan, Andrea ; Boundy, Ellen O. ; Nelson, Jennifer M. ; Hamner, Heather C.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  Characterize feeding guidance mothers recall receiving from their child’s health care provider (HCP).
  
  Design:
  
  Cross-sectional study of mothers participating in the 2017–2019 National Survey of Family Growth.
  
  Participants:
  
  US mothers reporting (n = 1,302) information about their youngest child (aged 6 months to 5 years).
  
  Variables Measured:
  
  Weighted percentage of mothers who recalled their child’s HCP discussing 6 different feeding topics by demographic characteristics.
  
  Analysis:
  
  Logistic regression assessing the relationship between recall of feeding guidance and demographics.
  
  Results:
  
  In this sample, 36.9% of mothers (95% confidence interval, 32.3–41.4) recalled HCPs recommending solid food before 6 months old (34.6% at 4–5 months, and 2.3% before 4 months). Mothers who were older or had a higher education level were more likely than their counterparts to recall their HCP discussing several of the feeding topics examined.
  
  Conclusion and Implications:
  
  Mothers reported high recollection of early childhood nutrition guidance from their HCP; however, certain topics (eg, appropriate timing of solid food introduction) could be prioritized, and some subpopulations may need additional focus to improve receipt of messages. A better understanding of variability in recall of feeding guidance could provide information for interventions to address barriers to receiving and retaining guidance.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Breast Feeding Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Feeding Behavior Female Health Personnel Humans Infant Mothers
• Keywords:
  Child Guidance Child Nutrition Sciences Feeding Behavior Pediatricians
• Source:
  J Nutr Educ Behav. 54(11):1024-1033
• Pubmed ID:
  36357041
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11036331
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fcdbe30b1c7656c22157904f3ad5039e299c2443b4b7faea0cdc8036036a2279
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/154826/cdc_154826_DS1.pdf
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