The first part of the information about mothers’ nationality, what’s his age, work, level of education and the number of children she has in addition to sources of health information of the child health matters.

The second part contained 40 statements about different aspects of child health issues including nutrition, immunization, development, accident prevention, certain neonatal and infants’ problems or behaviors and some common childhood illnesses. Mothers who attended with their children at the pediatric outpatient clinic of King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh during the months of July and August , were invited to participate in the study.

Those who agreed were interviewed by a trained non-medical research assistant using the items and statements of the questionnaire as a basis for the structured interview. It was indicated clearly to the mothers that participation and their non- contribution would have no adverse effect on the quality of care given to their child in the hospital.