dc.contributor.author | Huston, Courtney | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description | Approved May 2018 by the faculty of UMKC in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice | |
dc.description.abstract | Nearly half of all infants are introduced to solid food before the recommended age. The World
Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics have established guidelines
encouraging parents to delay solid food introduction until six months of age. Evidence indicates
that introducing solid food prematurely can be problematic for infants because they may not be
developmentally prepared and it can lead to an increase in infectious disease, atopic disease, and
childhood obesity. The decision to introduce solid foods can be influenced by social support
systems and advice from pediatric primary care providers. The purpose of this one group, quasi
experimental pretest-posttest design was to determine if evidence based infant feeding education
improved parental intention to delay solid foods until six month of age in a primary care
pediatric setting. Data collected using a modified Infant Feeding Intentions Scale (IFI) was used
to compare parental intention to introduce solid food before and after the educational handout.
Nine patients in a Des Moines, Iowa primary care pediatric clinic participated in the intervention
provided by five pediatric providers. The results of this DNP project did not show an
improvement in parental intent to delay solid food; however, the actual timing of solid food
introduction was 5.5 months which is greater than the national average. Delaying solid food to
infants can have a major impact on pediatric healthcare including a low incidence of
comorbidities related to infectious diseases, atopic disease, and obesity and a decrease in
healthcare costs associated with the comorbidities. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/63180 | |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
dc.rights | Open Access (fully available) | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright retained by author | |
dc.subject | early infant feeding practices | |
dc.subject | solid food introduction | |
dc.subject | exclusive breastfeeding | |
dc.subject | delayed solid food introduction | |
dc.subject | complementary foods | |
dc.subject | Infant Feeding Intentions scale | |
dc.subject | infant feeding intentions | |
dc.title | Improving Early Infant Feeding Practices with an Evidence Based Education Handout | eng |
dc.type | Paper | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing (UMKC) | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
thesis.degree.name | D.N.P. | |