Psychosocial Determinants of the Early Introduction of Complementary Foods

Autor/inn/en	Tatone-Tokuda, Fabiola; Dubois, Lise; Girard, Manon
Titel	Psychosocial Determinants of the Early Introduction of Complementary Foods
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 36 (2009) 2, S.302-320 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198107303307
Schlagwörter	Infants; Guidelines; Foreign Countries; Child Development; Nutrition; Food; Surveys; Longitudinal Studies; Multiple Regression Analysis; Mothers; Age; Socioeconomic Status; Self Efficacy; Infant Care; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Richtlinien; Ausland; Kindesentwicklung; Ernährung; Lebensmittel; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Mother; Mutter; Alter; Lebensalter; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Säuglingspflege; Kanada
Abstract	Infant feeding guidelines recommend exclusive breast-feeding to the age of 6 months; complementary foods should not be introduced before this age. This study examined parent and infant psychosocial determinants of the early introduction of complementary foods. Analyses were conducted on a representative sample of children born in Quebec (Canada) in 1998 (n = 2,223), surveyed through the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. Of the children, 61% received complementary foods prior to the age of 4 months. A multiple logistic regression analysis revealed the early introduction of complementary foods was more likely when mothers were younger, less educated, of lower socioeconomic class, and when they felt they had little influence on their child's development. Higher parental confidence in caring for the infant was also associated with the early introduction of complementary foods (p [less than or equal] 0.05). Future research must carefully consider the psychosocial aspects involved in adhering to infant feeding guidelines. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10