Table 1.
Matrix scoring of 10 common complementary foods fed to babies from birth to 18 months, Cap Haitien, Haiti (November 2011)
| Nutrition (Nitrisyon) | Protect Baby (Pwoteje bebe) | Easy to find (fasil pou jwenn) | Easy for mothers (fasil pou manman) | Fast (rapid) | Quantity (ase kantite) | Baby likes (bebe renmen) | Low cost (pa che) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Crackers, milk and sugar (bon bon let sik) |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
|
Cow's milk (let bef) |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
|
Corn and beans (mayi and sos pwa) |
5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
|
Breastmilk (let manman) |
5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
|
Orange juice (ji zoranj) |
2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
|
Banana (fig) |
2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
|
Vegetables (legim) |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
|
Cheese (fwomaj) |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
|
Boiled eggs (ze bouyi) |
5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
|
LNS (mamba) |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Note: Foods were ranked by the participants on each criterion on a scale of 0–5, with 0 being the lowest ranking and 5 being the highest ranking.