von Hurst Pamela, Mazahery Hajar, Reynolds Esme, Thomson Alexandra, Franklin Mia, Conlon Cathryn
College of Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Nutr Health. 2023 Jul 2:2601060231185190. doi: 10.1177/02601060231185190.
Vitamin D deficiency may result in adverse long-term health consequences in adulthood if it occurs during fetal development, infancy and childhood. To effectively improve vitamin D status of infants/toddlers, there needs to be knowledge and awareness of vitamin D among parents and health professionals.
The aim of this study was to investigate parents' and health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards vitamin D and sun exposure over two timepoints.
The study was an ecological study over two timepoints (Parents 2009 and 2021; Health professionals 2010 and 2019) and used an online questionnaire.
The analysis included 9834 parents (2009 n = 8032; 2021 n = 1802) and 283 health professionals (2010 n = 193; 2019 n = 90). Parents and health professionals had good knowledge of vitamin D sources, roles and risk factors for deficiency over two timepoints. There were however some confusions regarding the vitamin D content of breast milk, exclusive breastfeeding as a risk factor for deficiency, and ineffectiveness of sun exposure through glass windows in relation to vitamin D synthesis. In 2019, only 37% of health professionals indicated giving advice on supplements for infants/toddlers. Most parents and health professionals believed there was not enough information available to parents regarding vitamin D (>90%) and that skin cancer prevention messages make it difficult to get information about vitamin D across (>70%).
Although parents and health professionals had good knowledge in most areas, knowledge of some specific sources and risk factors for vitamin D deficiency was poor.
如果维生素D缺乏发生在胎儿发育、婴儿期和儿童期，可能会在成年期导致不良的长期健康后果。为了有效改善婴幼儿的维生素D状况，父母和健康专业人员需要掌握有关维生素D的知识并提高认识。
本研究的目的是调查父母和健康专业人员在两个时间点对维生素D和阳光照射的知识、态度和行为。
该研究是一项跨越两个时间点的生态学研究（父母组：2009年和2021年；健康专业人员组：2010年和2019年），并使用了在线问卷。
分析纳入了9834名父母（2009年n = 8032；2021年n = 1802）和283名健康专业人员（2010年n = 193；2019年n = 90）。在两个时间点，父母和健康专业人员对维生素D的来源、作用和缺乏的风险因素都有较好的了解。然而，对于母乳中的维生素D含量、纯母乳喂养作为缺乏的风险因素以及通过玻璃窗晒太阳在维生素D合成方面的无效性，存在一些困惑。2019年，只有37%的健康专业人员表示会就婴幼儿补充剂提供建议。大多数父母和健康专业人员认为，关于维生素D，向父母提供的信息不足（>90%），而且预防皮肤癌的信息使得关于维生素D的信息难以传达（>70%）。
尽管父母和健康专业人员在大多数领域有较好的知识，但对维生素D缺乏的一些特定来源和风险因素的了解较差。
