Thực trạng hoạt động truyền thông giáo dục dinh dưỡng cho bà mẹ dân tộc Thái đang nuôi trẻ dưới 5 tuổi tại một số xã thuộc huyện Mường La và thành phố Sơn La năm 2010

Nutritional education and communication activities have been implemented nationwide for many decades however it is facing a number of difficulties particularly in remote areas such as Son La province. Objectives: (I) Examine the coverage of nutritional education and communication (NEC) activities for Thai-minority-mothers feeding children under 5 years old in some communes in Muong La district and Son La city in 2010; (2) Determine challenges of the NEC activities at the studied districts. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 384 Thai-minority-mothers feeding children under 5 years old. Results: Coverage of direct NEC in some communes in Muong La district and Son La city is 91.7 percent of mothers feeding children under 5 years old; coverage of NEC via mass media channels is 100 percent communes; coverage of EC materials is 46.2 percent mothers feeding children under 5 years old. Major difficulties are: 92.2 percent had the Poor certificate; percentage of mothers applying EC messages into practice is 51.4 percent, shortages in budget and EC materials.