NUTRITIONAL AWARENESS FOR THE DIABETIC CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS

Nutritional Awareness For The Diabetic Children And Their Mothers

Nutritional Awareness For The Diabetic Children And Their Mothers

Introduction

A comparison between the maps of children and their mother reveals similarities but also differences in their preoccupations. This research shows how these knowledge networks evolve over a period of education. Everyone speaks about food in a similar manner. After the sessions, new links between old and recent knowledge testify of learning.

Purpose Or Aim

The objectives of this research is to describe the evaluation of the Nutritional Awareness For The Diabetic Children And Their Mothers, and to evaluate the similarities and differences between children and their mothers.

Literature Review

The concept maps were realized for children and their mothers on the subject of “food”, and analyzed in terms of the organization and nature of the knowledge. Before the education session, mothers and children are highly knowledgeable about food. The logical organization of knowledge in children (which depends on their developmental stage) differs from that found in mothers (which is based on problems to be resolved). It emphasizes the difficulties patients meet when trying to integrate new knowledge. Using the preexisting knowledge networks as a guide, educators should be able to achieve specific intervention in a patient's knowledge and more efficiently account for similarities and differences in children and parents preoccupations

The therapeutic education of a diabetic child and his parents is directed towards the acquisition of self-care and psycho-social skills, so that they can better manage the disease . One of the most important skills to master is that of managing a diet that is both balanced and suitable to their life situation. Among the elements of this skill, knowledges and their mode of organization play a decisive role. Dietary knowledge is particularly difficult to learn and teach, however, as it is influenced by the representations and beliefs arising from each individual's familial and social history . This kind of knowledge is also influenced by evolving scientific texts. Several conditions must be fulfilled for a dietary skill to be implemented. One condition is that all family members (parents and children) must share a number of knowledges, thus making it easier to choose a diet that is suitable for the patient's treatment. The important role of parents in their children's dietary education has been demonstrated in several studies on obesity.

Throughout their dietary education, especially prior to adolescence, ...