Question

During an assessment you found a malnourished child, whose mother asks how she can prevent the occurrence of malnutrition in other children at home. You are concerned about the welfare of all children and decided to give a health teaching to all mothers.

Discuss the components of your health teaching for the mothers.

Answer 1

To prevent malnutrition among children they need care, a protective environment, nutrition, and basic health care to promote growth and development that prevent the child from illness. health education for the mother with various programs using sources, supported by booklets, leaflets, and informational books and posters enforce
the mother to prevent malnutrition actively for their child. These resources and components provide ideas for the mother about various foods, the importance of immunization, communicable diseases, and prevention, factors contribute to malnutrition like food insecurity, poor housing, poor care, and household environment and lack of care services etc.use assessment tool for the mother help to identify their weakness and strength. educate the mother about initiating breastfeeding for the children for the perfect nutrition and that give health benefits for their child. adopting a strength-based approach cope with the mother's challenging behavior. facilitate the transition to each mother groups value their contribution and empower them to prevent malnutrition. divide the mother into small groups help the mother to share their ideas that encourage active learning. provide diverse learning opportunities by understanding their feeling and opinions. pictures, videoclips improve their learning skills. use a roll paly that improve their understanding easily. build a supportive social network that make uninterested mother to engage in this group discussion. provide timely feedback for the mother. ask questions and get the informaiton back from the mother and check the outcome for understanding the education.