Knowledge, attitude and practice on key essential nutrition action messages and associated factors among mothers of children birth-24 month in Wereilu wereda, South Wollo Zone, Amhara, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018

Abstract

The first 1000 days: the period from the start of a mother‟s pregnancy through her child‟s second birthday, is a critical window period. It is a time that the child‟s brain and body - develops rapidly. If children do not get the right nutrients during this period, the damage is often irreversible. An essential nutrition action is one of the most effective preventive actions for reducing nutrition related morbidity and mortality among young children. Nonetheless there is limited evidence regarding it.