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Infant and Young Child Feeding - (ICFC-601) (HND): Course Content

Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) refers to a set of practices and guidelines aimed at ensuring the optimal nutrition, growth, and development of children from birth to two years of age.

Course Outline

Infant young child feeding: introduction, global strategy, importance of breastfeeding, local
and international scenario, breastfeeding working;
• Breastfeeding practices: assessing a breastfeed, taking a feeding history, common breastfeeding difficulties, expressed breast milk;
• Breastfeeding counselling: listening and learning, building confidence and giving support, counselling for infant feeding decisions, counselling cards tools;
• Complementary feeding practices: importance, cupfeeding and hygienic preparation of food, replacement feeding in the first 6 months, foods to fill energy and micronutrients gap, quantity and frequency of feeding, feeding techniques, food
demonstration; Breastfeeding related topics: growth charts, maternal illnesses and breast feeding, breast conditions, health care practices,
• International code of marketing of breast milk substitutes, checking understanding and arranging follow-up, feeding during illness and low-birth-weight babies;
• Feeding guidelines of various global agencies – WHO etc.; Complex challenges to implementing the global strategy for infant and young child feeding.

Riphah Libguides

Course Description and Learning Outcomes

Course Description:
The Infant and Young Child Feeding course covers the essential principles and practices for providing optimal nutrition to infants and young children. Students will learn about breastfeeding, formula feeding, and introducing solid foods, as well as addressing common feeding challenges. The course emphasizes promoting healthy growth and development through appropriate feeding practices and guidelines.
Learning Outcomes
•To identify problems affecting infant and young child feeding and provide a framework of essential interventions
•To create an environment that will enable mothers, families and other caregivers to implement optimal feeding practices.

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