Table 1 Feeding practices and scoring system used to create infant/child feeding index for HIV exposed infants aged 6–17 months, by age group, 2012
Variables | 6-9 months | 9 -11 months | 12 -17 months |
|---|---|---|---|
Current breast feeding | No = 0 | No = 0 | No = 1 |
Yes = 2 | Yes = 2 | Yes =1 | |
Bottle feeding (24 Hrs recall) | Yes =0 | Ye =0 | Yes =0 |
No = 1 | No = 1 | No = 1 | |
Dietary diversity (past 24 hours) | None of the foods/groups: Score = 0 | None of the foods groups :Score = 0 | None or one of the foods/groups: Score = 0 |
One food group: score = 1 | One to two foods groups: Score = 1 | Two or three foods/groups: Score = 1 | |
Two or more food groups: score = 2 | Three or more food groups: Score = 2 | Four or more foods/groups: Score = 2 | |
Frequency of feeding | Not at all: Score = 0 | Not at all: Score = 0 | Not at all or once: Score = 0 |
solids/semi-solids (past 24 hours) | Once: Score = 1 | Once or twice: Score = 1 | Twice: Score = 1 |
2 or more times: Score = 2 | 3 or more times: Score = 2 | Three times: Score = 2 | |
Four times or more: Score = 3 | |||
Seven day qusi food group frequency @ | 0 (no foods prev. week): Score = 0 | 0 or 1: Score = 0 | 0 through 3: Score = 0 |
1 or 2: Score = 1 | 2 through 4: Score = 1 | 4 through 6: Score =1 | |
3 or higher: Score =2 | 5 or higher: Score = 2 | 7 or higher: Score =2 | |
Mother reports hand washing before cooking food | Yes =1 | Yes =1 | Yes =1 |
No =0 | No =0 | No =0 | |
Wash hand before feeding the child | Yes =1 | Yes =1 | Yes =1 |
No = 0 | No = 0 | No = 0 | |
Does the infant get help to eat yesterday? | Yes = 1 | Yes = 1 | Yes = 1 |
No =0 | No =0 | No =0 | |
What does caregiver do when child refuses to eat? | |||
A) Nothing (child left alone) | a = 0 | a = 0 | a = 0 |
B) Other * | b = 1 | b = 1 | b = 1 |
Total (maximum , minimum) | 13,0 | 13,0 | 13,0 |