Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Dean and Professor of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Fam Pract. 2023 Dec 22;40(5-6):805-809. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad032.
The infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) decide child growth and well-being. Paternal perspectives and involvement in IYCF are of paramount importance and are grossly under-studied.
To study the experiences and opinions of fathers of infants and young children towards feeding practices.
Two focus group discussions (FGD) were carried out in the community settings in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka State.
FGDs were carried out in the areas of two selected primary health centres. FGD guide was used and the discussions were audio recorded. Themes were derived from the transcript.
Four main themes were generated from the transcripts of two FGDs. Lack of time to involve in child feeding, lack of felt need for increased involvement, sense of being complete in providing paternal care and readiness to learn were the generated themes. All participating fathers had favourable attitudes towards learning more about IYCF.
Lack of time felt need for higher paternal involvement in IYCF and sense of being complete in providing paternal care were the themes extracted, along with favourable attitude towards increasing their involvement in IYCF.
婴幼儿喂养实践（IYCF）决定了儿童的成长和健康。父亲的观点和参与在 IYCF 中至关重要，但却严重缺乏研究。
研究婴儿和幼儿父亲对喂养实践的经验和看法。
在卡纳塔克邦 Dakshina Kannada 区的社区环境中进行了两次焦点小组讨论（FGD）。
在两个选定的初级保健中心进行了 FGD。使用 FGD 指南进行讨论，并对讨论进行录音。从转录本中得出主题。
从两次 FGD 的转录本中生成了四个主要主题。参与儿童喂养的时间不足、增加参与的感觉需求不足、提供父爱关怀的完整感以及愿意学习是生成的主题。所有参与的父亲对学习更多关于 IYCF 的知识都持有积极的态度。
缺乏时间、感觉需要更高的父亲参与 IYCF 以及提供父爱关怀的完整感是提取的主题，同时对增加他们在 IYCF 中的参与持积极态度。
