Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Weaning among Mothers in Najran Region, Saudi Arabia, 2021.
Musalli Ali Al-GashaninEisa Yazeed GhazwaniPublished in: Journal of nutrition and metabolism (2022)
. Communication channels between physicians and mothers need to be opened and widened through focused educational programmes. Poor knowledge is clearly associated with infant underfeeding and difficulties in recognizing weaning symptoms. Such points need to be emphasized in design of health education packages to nursing mothers. Research on knowledge about weaning should focus on its association with traditional weaning methods and bottle feeding.