Nutritional Counselling and Rest/ Recreation Counselling Methods Among Mothers In Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate Nutritional counselling and family planning counselling methods among mothers in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were drawn to direct the variables under study, also relevant literature was reviewed in line with the research objectives with most of the reviewed study supporting the theoretical framework. Ex post facto design was adopted for the study. The selection was done through the sampling and purposive sampling techniques. The reliability estimate was established through sampling and the purposive sampling technique. The reliability estimate of the instrument was established through the Cronbach Alpha reliability method. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was the statistic analysis technique adopted to test the hypotheses under study. All hypotheses were tested using a .05 level of significance. From the data analysis, the researcher investigated the research and offered in agreement with the study that nutritional and rest and recreational counselling afford mothers the opportunity to survive the precarious time of pregnancy and delivery. The researcher admitted in the study that motherhood is the reproductive period for women whose age ranges from18 years to 49 years old. The researcher admitted that there is a vulnerable age for most mothers and reproductive-aged women. The researcher in consonance with Wilkinson (2010) that poor infant outcomes have been linked with poor maternal nutrition these include inadequate developmental trajectories, low birth weight, and an increased risk of developing chronic disease later in life. Gaston and Cramp (2011) as proffered by the researcher admitted that women who are unaccustomed to exercising prior to pregnancy would not likely engage in an active lifestyle or start exercising during pregnancy.