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ArticleBMC pediatrics2018

Multi-professional meetings on health checks and communication in providing nutritional guidance for infants and toddlers in Japan: a cross-sectional, national survey-based study.

Midori Ishikawa, Kumi Eto, Mayu Haraikawa, Kemal Sasaki, Zentaro Yamagata, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Noriko Kato, Yumiko Morinaga, Yoshihisa Yamazaki

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Midori IshikawaDepartment of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako, Saitama, 351-0197, Japan. ishikawa.m.aa@niph.go.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-3451-5710
Kumi EtoFaculty of Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21 Chiyoda, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0288, Japan.
Mayu HaraikawaDepartment of Child Studies, Faculty of Child Studies, Seitoku University, 550 Iwase, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8555, Japan.
Kemal SasakiDepartment of Food and Health Sciences, Jissen Women's University, 4-1-1 Osakaue, Hino, Tokyo, 191-8510, Japan.
Zentaro YamagataFaculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
Tetsuji YokoyamaDepartment of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako, Saitama, 351-0197, Japan.
Noriko KatoDepartment of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako, Saitama, 351-0197, Japan.
Yumiko MorinagaFaculty of Medicine, School of Nursing Public Health Nursing, Kagawa University, 1750-1, Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan.
Yoshihisa YamazakiChild Health Center, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, 426-7, Morioka, Obu, Aichi, 474-8710, Japan.

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Abstract

backgroundHealth personnel must provide continuous support in response to problematic results from health checks of infants and toddlers (hereinafter "infant[s]"). Among this support, it is important for health personnel to provide nutritional guidance to families as a collaborative effort between the staff from multiple disciplines and community organizations. This study aimed to clarify the factors affecting collaboration with community organizations in providing nutritional guidance to families following health checks for infants in Japan.

methodsThe design of this study consisted of a cross-sectional, multilevel survey. A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to all municipalities (1741 towns and cities) in Japan to be completed by the person responsible for nutrition advice. The research was performed in August 2015. We obtained 988 valid responses (response rate of 56.7%). To identify the factors that affect the collaboration with community organizations in providing nutritional guidance, we determined how municipalities responded to infants needing support (five items), how municipalities evaluated health guidance (five items), the number of distributed maternal and child health handbooks, and the number of infants who received follow-up evaluations.

resultsThe results of multivariate analyses showed that the factors related to successful community collaboration in providing nutritional guidance included holding a multi-professional staff meeting after health checks (post-conference; odds ratio [OR], 2.34; P = 0.001); following up children suspected of having developmental and mental disabilities or delays before entering elementary school (OR, 1.77; P = 0.0004); and considering dental caries data from dental checkups in providing health guidance (OR, 1.56; P = 0.003).

conclusionsHolding a multi-professional meeting after infant health checks (post-conference) was strongly associated with community collaboration in providing nutritional guidance for infants.

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Infant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaInterdisciplinary CommunicationPhysical ExaminationProfessional-Family RelationsChild, PreschoolCounselingCross-Sectional StudiesHealth Care SurveysHumansInfantJapanParentsCommunity collaborationInfant health checksJapanMulti-professional meetingNutritional guidance

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