Developing world. Child rearing practices in an Indian slum.
Our study has revealed the strong influence of tradition on child rearing practices in an Indian slum community. It is made clear that health education is essential to correct malpractices. Though the mothers were knowledgeable about the supplementary feeding they did not put the ideas into practice.
D001942:Breast Feeding; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009017:Morbidity; D011203:Poverty; D011204:Poverty Areas; D014505:Urban Population