Research Article
Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Women: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Moyale District, Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 4
Nutritional knowledge score of lactating women (N = 532) in Moyale District, Borana, Southern Ethiopia, 2018.
| | Series of questions | | Correctly answered | | Yes (N (%)) | No (N (%)) |
| | Have information on nutrition | | 328 (61.7) | 204 (38.3) | | Source of information | Health facility | 109 (20.6) | | | Health EW | 191 (35.8) | | | School | 22 (4.1) | | | Media | 6 (1.1) | | | Listed main food staff | | 213 (40) | 319 (60) | | Know use of protein | | 86 (16.2) | 446 (83.8) | | Listed source of protein | | 55 (10.3) | 477 (89.7) | | Know use of carbohydrate | | 39 (7.3) | 493 (92.7) | | Know the source of carbohydrate | | 41 (7.7) | 491 (92.7) | | Listed some vitamins and mineral foods | | 75 (14.1) | 457 (85.9) | | Know use of vitamins and minerals | | 59 (11.1) | 473 (88.9) | | Know that lactating women need extra meal | | 440 (82.7) | 92 (17.3) | | Know frequency of extra meal needed during lactation | | 390 (73.3) | 142 (26.7) | | Have encouragement from family member to have additional meal | | 415 (78) | 117 (22) |
| | Nutritional knowledge score of respondents | | | | | 0–33% (poor) | | 342 | 64.2 | | 34–66 (medium) | | 157 | 29.5 | | 67–100% (good) | | 33 | 6.2 |
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