Practical Issues in health of children .

I published " tips for parents to deal with anemia" in health education section of widely circulated news paper in North India.
To my surprise , the problem of Anemia is common even in children of doctors, even the doctor mothers! The reason being their inability to convince their elders in the family ,to do things which they consider as scientific , who are the care takers for their children when they are away for work.
There are many emails from such doctors asking me to suggest to them how to deal with this problem .
I did not ever imagine that financial independence and even post graduate education of women could not empower them to do the right things for their own children.
The children of pediatrician mothers are wearing charms and are putting black spot on cheek to ward of evil and are visiting temple for measles to be over !
How should we transform education into everyday practice , is the real issue rather than making people just literate!
Health education for children needs to convince grand parents and other care takers on the scientific approach. There are many issues but at present I am too shocked to address the problem fully.