An assessment of infant and young child feeding policy implementation of HIV mother-to-child transmission in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality health care facilities

Mkontwana, Phumeza Eudicia

Title: An assessment of infant and young child feeding policy implementation of HIV mother-to-child transmission in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality health care facilities
Creator: Mkontwana, Phumeza Eudicia
Subject: HIV infections -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
Subject: Communicable diseases in children -- Transmission
Subject: HIV-positive women
Subject: Medical care -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
Subject: Communicable diseases in children -- Prevention
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:10040
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011632
Identifier: HIV infections -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
Identifier: Communicable diseases in children -- Transmission
Identifier: HIV-positive women
Identifier: Medical care -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
Identifier: Communicable diseases in children -- Prevention
Description: This descriptive study aimed to assess the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) policy implementation in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) among healthcare workers in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality public health care facilities. A convenience sampling method was used to gather information from nurses (n=32) rendering maternal and child health services in nineteen permanent Nelson Mandela Bay public health care facilities (MOU’s, paediatric sections, well baby clinics and PMTCT sites). Recommendations included to the need develop indicators for measuring the IYCF policy objectives and regularly collect data on infant and young child feeding, standardising infant feeding education given by peer educators / lay counsellors from various organisations, capacity building and training of staff on IYCF and scaling up monitoring and evaluation of the IYCF policy impact.
Format: xi, 68 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Publisher: Faculty of Health Sciences
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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