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Table 1 Proportion of nurse consultations with infants and young children, aged 0–5 years

From: Promoting healthy weight for all young children: a mixed methods study of child and family health nurses’ perceptions of barriers and how to overcome them

Consultation reason

No. of responses

Proportion of all consultations - n (%)

None

Few

(1–25%)

Some

(26–50%)

Majority

(≥51%)

Routine baby or child health checks

89

2 (2.2)

6 (6.7)

14 (15.7)

67 (75.3)

Breastfeeding advice or support

86

0

18 (20.9)

43 (50.0)

25 (29.0)

Other infant feeding advice or support (excluding breastfeeding)

85

0

21 (24.7)

41 (48.2)

23 (27.1)

Immunisations

80

70 (87.5)

3 (3.8)

1 (1.3)

6 (7.6)

Acute health problem

81

33 (40.7)

41 (50.6)

7 (8.6)

0

Chronic health problem

83

33 (37.5)

46 (57.5)

4 (5.0)

0