Family-Based Maternal Sensitivity Model as a Strategy to Optimize Family Perception on the Role of Parents and the Growth of Infants

Abstract

Introduction: Family perceptions on the role of parents and the growth of infants must be seriously considered by healthcare workers since they can affect the role of family development in taking care of the babies. A family that has optimally understood the role of their development as a parent will be able to give the appropriate care for the babies.Methods: The study aimed to find out the effects of a family-based Maternal Sensitivity Models (MSM) strategy for family perception optimization on the role of parents and the growth of infants. It used a quasi-experimental design with the samples of 50 families. The samples were obtained using purposive sampling technique. The data were analyzed using dependent t-test.Results: It confirmed that the Family-Based Maternal Sensitivity Models (MSM) strategy significantly affects family perceptions on the role of parents with t-value 5.915 and p-value 0.000. MSM also significantly affects family perceptions on the growth infants with the t-value -11.257 and p-value 0.000.Conclusions: Maternal Sensitivity Models (MSM) can be well applied as one of the health models provided by healthcare workers to optimize parents’ perceptions and infants’ growth as well as to develop a competent family in giving care for their babies.

The Effect of Learning Module Program on Mothers’ Ability to Adapt to New Foods, Feeding Styles, and Self-efficacy to Their Children with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

“…The previous research stated that the education of nutritionbased effective community improves dietary habit and children' growth [15]. Another research revealed that the education of nutrition-based effective community aimed to optimize children's nutrition in 1000 1 st day of birth improved a mother's intention to actively provide nutritious food [16] and educational program of sensitivity-based effective family improved a mother's perspective to take care of her children [17], [18]. Hence, this study focused on an educational program of nutrition to mothers which were expected to be capable in practicing healthy dietary habit, adapting to new foods to her children, and increasing their self-efficacy to take care of their children with ARFID.…”

The Effect of Learning Module Program on the Mothers’ Ability to Adapt New Foods, Feeding Styles, and Self-Efficacy to Their Children with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

“…The previous research stated that the education of nutrition based effective-community to improve dietary habit and children' growth [14]. Another research revealed that the education of nutrition based effective-community aims at optimizing children's nutrition in 1000 First-Day of Birth (HPK) [15] and educational program of sensitivity based effectivefamily improving mother's perspective to take care of her children [16]. Hence, this study focuses on the education program of nutrition to mother which is expected to be capable of practicing healthy dietary habit, adapting new food to her children, and increasing mother's self-efficacy to take care of children with ARFID.…”