RESUMO
Plans for altering the patterns of feeding young children in the Caribbean must take into consideration the culture of the client, the culture of the practitioner, and the present styles of interaction among these groupings. Health practitioners must have knowledge regarding current foods usages and preferences in order to formulate feasible and adaptive programmes (AU)
Assuntos
Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Cultura , Nutrição do Lactente , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Nutrição da Criança , Comportamento Alimentar , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Índias OcidentaisRESUMO
The modification of social and physical environmental features of a society are hypothesized as producing changes in health status and such health related behavior as nutritional practices, perception of socialization environment. Preliminary study of two communities in Dominica, W.I. reveals such differences, generates hypotheses for later phases of the research. Some of the differences in ecology of the two communities will be regarded as intervening variables throughout this longitudinal study.(AU)
