NOAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

Assignment on Situation of caring practice in Bangladesh

SUBMITTED BY SUBMITTED TO

NAME: Md Muhaiminul Islam NAME: Md Abdullah Al Mamun

ROLL: ASH1808009M Chairman and Assistant professor Department of

Food Technology and Nutrition science
COURSE TITLE: Nutritional Problems

Course Code: FTNS 3201

Submission Date: 31st May 2021

 SITUATION OF CARING PRACTICE IN BANGLADESH

Care is the provision in the household and the community of time, attention, and support to meet
the physical, mental, and social needs of the growing child and other household members (ICN
1992).
The concept of "care” as a determinant of child nutrition is still new to many outside the nutrition
field. Moreover, for those in the field, how to measure care is problematic because caregiver
responses and practices vary substantially from one culture to another.

Care is manifest in six types of activities practiced by care givers:

1. Care for women, such as providing appropriate rest time or increased food intake during
pregnancy.
2. Breast- feeding and feeding of young children.
3. Psychosocial stimulation of children and support for their development.
4. Food preparation and food storage practices.
5. Hygiene practices.
6. Care for children during illness, including diagnosis of illness and adoption of health – seeking
practices (Home health practices) ( Engle , Lhotska, and Armstrong 1997 ).

Whether this care is provided depends on the availability of the resources for care at the
household level: education and knowledge, health of the care giver, time, autonomy, and social
support, as well as family economic resources. It also depends on whether provision of care
receives support at community, regional, national, and international levels.
UNICEF's (1990) original conceptual model of child survival, growth, and development

Which identifies the role of care is presented in Figure 1. In this model, care, household food
security, and a healthy environment are the three underlying factors that determine the nutrient
intake and health of children, and in turn, their survival, growth, and development. "Care” refers
to practices performed by caregivers that affect nutrient intake, health, and the cognitive and
psychosocial development of the child.
The Extended UNICEF Model of Care
The Transactional Model of Care