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Figure 6. Knowledge at Baseline and Follow-Up Items 37a-37e
(Item 37e) Drinking beverages with no added... Baseline Follow-Up (Item 37d) Eating a variety of healthy foods Baseline Follow-Up (Item 37c) Having active free play Baseline Follow-Up (Item 37b) Doing teacher-led physical activity Baseline Follow-Up (Item 37a) Drinking breast milk as an infant Baseline Follow-Up
0% A lot
91.5% 91.6%
94.8%
95.3%
94.1%
93.8%
86.4% 87.3%
75.3%
75.4%
40% Not at all
3.2% 4.1% 3.9% 3.4%
2.7%2.3% 1.3%2.0%
3.0%2.2% 3.0% 2.2%
9.5% 2.7% 7.7% 2.8%
4.1%7.1% 13.4% 4.6%7.8% 12.2%
20% A little
60%
Not sure
80% 100%
Recall prior results in this report of participants making less progress in breastfeeding practices than in other areas. Those results dovetail with the results above where breast milk and is perceived by participants as less critical to a child’s growth and health than other areas. The item “Drinking breast milk as an infant” had the lowest percent of providers indicating this had a lot of influence on the child’s growth and health (75.4%), and also had the highest percent of participants indicating they were not sure (12.2%) if this had an effect on the child’s growth and
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