Điều tra theo phương pháp cắt ngang mô tả trên 523 cặp mẹ con trẻ 6-23 tháng tuổi đang mắc nhiễm khuẩn hô hấp cấp vào điều trị tại Bệnh viện Sản nhi tỉnh Hà Nam năm 2016-2018 nhằm đánh giá tình trạng dinh dưỡng của trẻ và mô tả một số thực hành nuôi trẻ của bà mẹ | Journal of Community Medicine Vol 62 No 4 2021 180-186 INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION CHILDREN 6-23 MONTHS AND SOME CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES OF MOTHERS AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF HA NAM PROVINE IN 2016-2018 Nguyen Van Dung1 Nguyen Thi Thinh2 Pham Van Phu3 1 Maternity and Children s Hospital of Ha Nam 2 Hoa Binh University 3 Ha Noi Medical University Received 06 04 2021 Revised 12 04 2021 Accepted 17 04 2021 ABSTRACT A cross-sectional survey on 523 pairs of mother and suffered from acute respiratory infections child 6-23 months old treated at the Maternity and Children s Hospital of Ha Nam provine in 2016-2018 to assess the nutritional status of children and describe some mother s child-feeding practices. The results showed that The rates of stunting and wasting of children were high and respectively the rate of underweight was . The rates of mothers who breastfeed their babies late after the first hour after birth and of mothers who give complementary foods too early or too late before 6 months or after 8 months of age were quite high and respectively the rate of mothers squeezed colostrum before first breastfeeding was . Children who were started on complementary feeding at the wrong time compared with those who were fed at the right time had higher rates of stunting and respectively OR 1 4 95 CI but no statistically significant difference p the rate of underweight malnutrition was also higher and respectively statistically significant difference OR 95 CI p . Key words Nutrition status 6-23 months old children acute respiratory infection. Corressponding author Email address drtrungdungsnhn@ Phone number 84 912 009 369 https 180 . Dung et al. Journal of Community Medicine Vol 62 No 4 2021 180-186 TÌNH TRẠNG DINH DƯỠNG TRẺ 6-23 THÁNG TUỔI ĐANG MẮC NHIỄM KHUẨN HÔ HẤP CẤP VÀ MỘT