Department of Women and Children Health, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, People's Republic of China.
Public Health Nutr. 2010 Oct;13(10):1663-8. doi: 10.1017/S1368980010000078. Epub 2010 Mar 3.
To explore and compare nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KAB) between non-parent and parent caregivers of children under 7 years old in Chinese rural areas, and to identify the factors influencing their nutrition KAB.
Face-to-face interviews were carried out with 1691 non-parent caregivers and 1670 parent caregivers in the selected study areas; multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify the factors influencing nutrition KAB in caregivers.
The awareness rate of nutrition knowledge, the rate of positive attitudes and the rate of optimal behaviours in non-parent caregivers (52.2 %, 56.9 % and 37.7 %, respectively) were significantly lower than in the parent group (63.8 %, 62.1 % and 42.8 %, respectively). Multivariate logistic regression modelling showed that caregivers' family income and care will, and children's age and gender, were associated with caregivers' nutrition KAB after controlling the possible confounding variables (caregivers' age, gender, education and occupation).
Non-parent caregivers had relatively poor nutrition KAB. Extra efforts and targeted education programmes aimed to improve rural non-parent caregivers' nutrition KAB are wanted and need to be emphasized.
探讨和比较中国农村 7 岁以下儿童的非父母照顾者和父母照顾者的营养知识、态度和行为（KAB），并确定影响其营养 KAB 的因素。
在选定的研究地区，对 1691 名非父母照顾者和 1670 名父母照顾者进行了面对面访谈；采用多变量逻辑回归模型确定照顾者营养 KAB 的影响因素。
非父母照顾者的营养知识知晓率、积极态度率和最佳行为率（分别为 52.2%、56.9%和 37.7%）明显低于父母组（分别为 63.8%、62.1%和 42.8%）。多变量逻辑回归模型显示，在控制了可能的混杂因素（照顾者的年龄、性别、教育和职业）后，照顾者的家庭收入和照顾意愿以及儿童的年龄和性别与照顾者的营养 KAB 相关。
非父母照顾者的营养知识、态度和行为相对较差。需要加大努力并开展有针对性的教育计划，以提高农村非父母照顾者的营养知识、态度和行为。
