Clean water, sanitation and under-five children diarrhea incidence: Empirical evidence from the South Africa’s General Household Survey

Omotayo, Abiodun Olusola; Olagunju, Kehinde Oluseyi; Omotoso, Abeeb Babatunde; Ogunniyi, Adebayo; Otekunrin, Olutosin Ademola; Daud, Adebola Saidat

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-15182-w

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“…This is abysmally lower than the national average (58.4%) recorded in the 2018 for rural households in the country (NPC & ICF 2019). This result is similar to the findings from South Africa (but with higher access to piped water), where it indicated that about 45% of households in South Africa were able to access piped water in 2019 (Omotayo et al 2021).…”

Section: Cdds Vs CCIsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…The result showed that only about 18% of the cassava commercialization household belonging to zero level (CCI I) had access to improved toilet while less than 25% (23.1%) of the households in medium-high commercialization level had access to improved toilet in the two states. Open defecation is believed to aggravate the prevalence of malnutrition and diarrheal disease incidence mostly in young children and it is a leading cause of child deaths in Africa (UNICEF 2021; Omotayo et al 2021).…”

Section: Cdds Vs CCImentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dietary diversity, environment and health-related factors of under-five children: evidence from cassava commercialization households in rural South-West Nigeria

Otekunrin

Ayinde

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Section: Cdds Vs CCIsupporting

confidence: 89%

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Dietary diversity, environment and health-related factors of under-five children: evidence from cassava commercialization households in rural South-West Nigeria

Otekunrin

Ayinde

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…However, a unit increase in access to both electricity and piped water reduces the likelihood of having stunted adolescents belonging to cassava farming households by 28.1% and 29.6% respectively. The results amplified the importance of rural electrification and access to improved drinking water facilities which have capacity of reducing the prevalence of undernutrition among young children, adolescents, and other members of the farm households (Omotayo et al, 2021;Adeyonu et al, 2022).…”

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Exploring dietary diversity, nutritional status of adolescents among farm households in Nigeria: do higher commercialization levels translate to better nutrition?

Otekunrin

Otekunrin²

2022

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Purpose This study aims to explore dietary diversity (DD) and nutritional status of adolescents among rural farm households in Southwestern Nigeria. It analyses whether higher commercialization levels of farm households translate to better nutrition. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted in Ogun and Oyo States of Southwestern Nigeria, using primary data from 352 farm households with a total of 160 adolescent members. The individual version of dietary diversity score (DDS) of nine food groups was used to calculate adolescent DDS over a 24-h recall period. World Health Organization AnthroPlus software was used in analyzing adolescents’ anthropometric data (height-for-age z-score and body mass index-for-age z-score) while household crop commercialization index (CCI) was estimated for each farm household. Separate logit models were used to examine the drivers of adolescents’ DD and malnutrition. Findings The study findings indicated that 100% of the adolescents consumed starchy staples while 0%, 3.1% and 12.5% consumed organ meat, milk/milk products and eggs, respectively. Results revealed that 74.1% and 21.2% of boys were stunted and thin while the prevalence in adolescent girls was 50.7% and 9.3%, respectively. Prevalence of stunting was found to be very high (60%–83%) in all the four CCI levels’ households indicating that belonging to highly commercialized households (CCI 3–4) may not necessarily translate to better nutrition of adolescent members. Food expenditure (p < 0.01) and access to piped water (p < 0.01) negatively influenced adolescents’ stunting mainly because of lower expenditure on food items and lower percent of household having access to piped water, respectively, while education (p < 0.01) had positive effects on adolescents’ DD. Originality/value Previous studies have contributed to the body of knowledge concerning the link between agricultural commercialization and nutrition using under-five children of the households. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that investigated the influence of CCI on DDS and nutritional status of adolescent members of farm households in Nigeria. This study fills this existing knowledge gap in investigating adolescents’ DD and malnutrition among smallholder farm households.

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“…Figure 1 reveals Nigeria's ranking in 2012-2020 GFSI scores with infinitesimal improvement in the score from 40.9/100 in 2012 to 40.1/100 in 2020, while Quite a few studies have investigated household food (in)security using both micro and macro data in different parts of the Nigeria [10,[27][28][29][30]. Moreover, empirical studies have determined the food insecurity status [29][30][31], food poverty index [25], food consumption score [32] and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) [33] to investigate HFI. Owoo (2020) [34] illustrated spatial patterns of food insecurity in Nigeria using fixed effects regression.…”

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Assessing Food Insecurity and Its Drivers among Smallholder Farming Households in Rural Oyo State, Nigeria: The HFIAS Approach

Otekunrin

Sawicka

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Hunger and food insecurity take center stage in most debates in Africa, and in recent times with serious concerns about Nigeria. This study assessed food insecurity among farming households in rural Oyo State, Nigeria, using cross-sectional datasets from 211 farming households through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) module was employed in assessing food insecurity status of farming households, and the ordered logit model (OLM) was used to analyze factors influencing food insecurity among farming households. The results revealed that 12.8% of the farming households were food secure while 87.2% had varying levels of food insecurity. The OLM results indicated that age, household head’s years of schooling, gender, farm size, farm experience, non-farm income, food expenditure, and access to extension service significantly influenced food insecurity among farming households. Based on the findings, efforts should be geared towards promoting households’ education-related intervention programs in order to improve their nutrition-related knowledge that can enhance their food security status. Additionally, there should be provision of rural infrastructural facilities such as piped water, rural electrification, and healthcare service that promote healthy living and enhance households’ agricultural productivity.

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Clean water, sanitation and under-five children diarrhea incidence: Empirical evidence from the South Africa’s General Household Survey

Cited by 34 publications

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Dietary diversity, environment and health-related factors of under-five children: evidence from cassava commercialization households in rural South-West Nigeria

Dietary diversity, environment and health-related factors of under-five children: evidence from cassava commercialization households in rural South-West Nigeria

Exploring dietary diversity, nutritional status of adolescents among farm households in Nigeria: do higher commercialization levels translate to better nutrition?

Assessing Food Insecurity and Its Drivers among Smallholder Farming Households in Rural Oyo State, Nigeria: The HFIAS Approach

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