Young Child Feeding Practices and Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Young Child Feeding Practices and Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana write by Christina A. Nti. This book was released on 2011. Young Child Feeding Practices and Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A study was conducted in the Manya Krobo district of Ghana with the objective of studying young child feeding practices and child nutrition situation in the area. The study was a cross-sectional survey involving 400 mothers with young children between 0 and 18 months. A combination of methods, including structured interviews using questionnaire, dietary assessment and anthropometry, was used to collect data for the study. The data obtained were analysed using spss version 10 in Windows. Means and standard deviations were generated for continuous variables and frequency distribution for categorical variables. The results revealed that although breastfeeding rates were high (97%), complementary feeding practices were less than ideal with as many as 14% of the children being introduced to complementary foods below the age of 3 months. The nutritional quality of complementary foods were poor and the prevalence of stunting among the children was high (20%). For adequate complementary feeding and improved child nutrition in this population, nutrition education intervention programmes aimed at improving nutrient intake among young children, through improved diet diversity and increased use of local foods rich in iron and other nutrients, need to be undertaken.
Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana
Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana write by Bourdier, Tomoé. This book was released on 2019-03-01. Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Weather shocks and other shocks affecting the economy of farm households often trigger a cascade of coping mechanisms, from reducing food consumption to selling assets, with potentially lasting consequences on child development. In polygynous households (in which a man is married to several women), the factors that may aggravate or mitigate the impacts of such adverse events are still poorly understood. In particular, little is known about the complex mechanisms through which women’s empowerment may affect the allocation of household resources in the presence of more than one female decision-maker. Where polygyny is associated with discriminatory social norms, co-wives may have limited bargaining power, which may translate into poorer outcomes for their children. While competition between co-wives may generate inefficiencies in the allocation of household resources, cooperation in the domains of agricultural production or domestic labor may lead to economies of scale and facilitate informal risk sharing. The rank of each co-wife may also have a strong influence on the welfare of her own children, relative to other children. Using the Feed the Future Ghana Population Survey data, I investigate the relationship between polygyny and children’s nutrition, and how it may be mediated through women’s bargaining power. Using the age of each co-wife as a proxy for rank, I also study how the senior-wife status of a mother may influence her children’s nutrition outcomes.
An Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition Growth in Ghana
An Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition Growth in Ghana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition Growth in Ghana write by Agartha Cofie. This book was released on 2013. An Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition Growth in Ghana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Inappropriate complementary feeding (CF) practices and inadequate nutrient intakes contribute to the high level of malnutrition among children 6-24 months of age in Ghana. In communities where the economy is agricultural-based, interventions aimed at addressing malnutrition among infants and young children may need to focus on both food production and caregivers' nutrition knowledge. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a combined nutrition and agricultural education intervention, delivered through community health workers and agricultural extension agents, to improve infant and young child diet and growth in the Upper Manya Krobo district of Ghana. The current CF practices, and facilitators and barriers of CF education were identified through in-depth interviews of community health workers (n = 28) and staff of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (n = 3), as well as three focus group discussions with caregivers (n = 22) of children 6-24 months of age. The Trials of Improved Practices method was used to test the feasibility of potential nutrition education messages. This process guided the development of the subsequent intervention. A cluster-randomised study design was used to compare the feeding practices, nutrient intakes, and growth of infants and young children (n = 367) in two intervention groups (combined nutrition and agricultural education [IE], nutrition education only [NE]), and a control group [CT]. Each child's diet and anthropometric data, and household demographic and agricultural production information were collected at baseline and at three-month intervals for nine months. Food insecurity can influence the types and amounts of food that young children consume, which may then affect their nutritional status and health. Therefore, the level of household food insecurity during the pre-harvest season and its relation with infant morbidity and growth were also assessed (n = 333). The results indicate that in this rural setting, 21.6% of households experienced food insecurity in the previous month. Household food insecurity was associated with respiratory infections in the second half of infancy, but not with diarrhea or stunting. Inclusion of animal source products, fruits, and vegetables in young children's diet was not common in the area. Poverty and maternal time constraints, and lack of teaching materials and language barrier, were identified as challenges to optimal CF practices and provision of CF education, respectively. Almost half of intervention mothers (45%) never attended an education session. Children in the IE were twice as likely to meet the minimum meal frequency compared to the CT children (aOR = 2.62; 95% CI; 1.11, 6.16), but energy, vitamin A, calcium, and iron intakes from complementary foods, and growth indicators did not differ among the three groups. Additionally, children of mothers who attended at least one nutrition education session in the IE group tended to receive the minimum acceptable diet (aOR = 2.30, 95% CI; 0.98, 5.39, p = 0.055) compared to children in the CT group at the end of the study. There were no differences between the two intervention groups, and feeding practices among children in the NE group did not improve at the end of the study. Future education interventions will need to increase the involvement of participants at the development phase of interventions, as a way of improving participation among caregivers of infants and young children." --
Investigating Caregivers’ Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices, Time Allocated to Child Care, and Pathways for Improving Children’s Diets Through Mass Media in Rural Ghana
Investigating Caregivers’ Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices, Time Allocated to Child Care, and Pathways for Improving Children’s Diets Through Mass Media in Rural Ghana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Investigating Caregivers’ Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices, Time Allocated to Child Care, and Pathways for Improving Children’s Diets Through Mass Media in Rural Ghana write by Yvonne Goh. This book was released on 2021. Investigating Caregivers’ Young Child Feeding Knowledge and Practices, Time Allocated to Child Care, and Pathways for Improving Children’s Diets Through Mass Media in Rural Ghana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Nutrition-sensitive agricultural (NSA) interventions use integrated approaches to improve rural nutrition. The Nutrition Links (NL) project was a multi-faceted nutrition-sensitive intervention in the Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD) of Ghana. The NL project included an agriculture-education trial targeted at women with an infant 12 months and below, and a district-wide nutrition education intervention delivered through radio. This doctoral research included three studies within the context of the NL project. The dissertation objectives were to: (i) understand maternal time allocation to child care in the UMKD (ii) explore current caregiver’s infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices, and (iii) test the effect of a behaviour change campaign to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. The first study involved mother-child pairs in the NL agriculture-education trial. The intervention (NL-I) mothers received point-of-lay chickens, training on agriculture and home gardening, and nutrition education; the control (NL-C) mothers received standard government services. A subsample of mothers (74 NL-I and 69 NL-C) were observed at home by two field staff; one observed the mother and the other the child for 1 minute, every 5 minutes, for a total of 6 hours. The results showed that caregiving by the mother did not differ by treatment group (OR=1.07, 95% CI [0.89,1.28]). There was however a higher odds of any allocare (OR= 1.36, 95%CI [1.04, 1.79]) and, specifically, allocare by siblings who were less than 11 years old (25% vs 15%; p
Effect of Caregiver Feeding Behaviours on Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana
Effect of Caregiver Feeding Behaviours on Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Effect of Caregiver Feeding Behaviours on Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana write by Christina A. Nti. This book was released on 2014. Effect of Caregiver Feeding Behaviours on Child Nutritional Status in Rural Ghana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A six-month observational study involving 100 mothers with infants between the ages of 6 and 12months was conducted in the Manya Krobo district of Ghana. The objective was to assess the role of caregiver feeding behaviours on child nutritional status using a modified positive deviance approach. Each child was in the study for 6months, during which they were observed at home once a month. On each visit, data were collected on the child anthropometry, child meal frequency, diet diversity, responsiveness of caregiver during feeding, childs appetite and feeding atmosphere as well as caregiver hygienic practices related to feeding. Using weight-for-age (WAZ) and length-for-age (LAZ) scores, the children were classified as positive or negative deviant children. The study revealed significant differences between the two groups of children in terms of caregiver feeding behaviours. Positive deviant children had significantly higher meal frequencies (3.1±0.4 vs. 2.4±0.6, P=0.001), diet diversity scores (6.3±0.6 vs. 3.7±1.1, P=0.001), were fed under better hygienic conditions (7.2±0.9 vs. 4.2±1.1, P=0.001) and were much more interested in food during feeding (85.8% vs. 59.3%). Caregiver responsiveness during feeding was also significantly higher among the positive deviant group (6.5±0.8 vs. 4.5±0.9, P=0.001). This study has demonstrated the tremendous effect of caregiver feeding behaviours on child nutritional outcomes and provides a scientific basis for introducing care during feeding as a component of intervention to improve child nutritional status in Ghana.
