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Child Care Practice Essay

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b) Quality of child care practices and child nutrition
In their study of childcare practices in Ghana, Nti and Lartey (2008:94) indicated that the quality of childcare practices is important for child nutrition. They assess the quality of childcare practices by considering household and personal hygiene practices, child immunization status, child dietary diversity and caregiver responsiveness. Nti and Lartey (2008:98) reported a significant correlation between good caregiver hygiene practices with child nutritional status and morbidity. Hygiene practices included child, mother and environmental cleanliness. They found that children with more active caregivers who were more likely to complete their children’s immunization schedules, encourage the child to eat and offer more food were more likely to have improved child nutritional status than less active caregivers. Therefore, Nti and Lartey (2008:93) indicate that more active caregiving such as feeding is positively associated to nutritional status thus quality of childcare practices is important for the improvement of child nutrition.
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