Background: Parenting practices profoundly influence a child's development, encompassing nurturing, boundary-setting, and developmental fostering. Understanding the status and determinants of parenting children in rural Nagpur is crucial for informing interventions aimed at promoting optimal child well-being in this community.
Objective: To find the status and determinants of parenting among 12-36 months old children in rural Nagpur.
Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study design. A total of 314 children were selected through simple random sampling.
Results: An appropriate parenting proportion was there for 71.9%, 95% CI: 66.7-76.6 of the study subjects. On multivariable analysis, occupation of the father being a labourer, was significantly associated with appropriate parenting.
Keywords: 12–36 months old children; appropriate parenting; rural area.
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