Factors influencing stunting among children in rural Tanzania: an agro-climatic zone perspective

Mbwana, Hadijah A.; Kinabo, Joyce; Lambert, Christine; Biesalski, Hans Konrad

doi:10.1007/s12571-017-0672-4

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“…Breastfeeding also saves infants from the threat of short term diseases and provides balance nutrients in foods. This conclusion is aligned with Mbwana et al 39 .…”

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confidence: 91%

The effects of mother education and intervening mechanisms on rural-urban child stunting: evidence from Pakistan

Farooq¹,

Rafique²,

Shah³

2019

Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde

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OBJECTIVES: Estimate the impact of mother schooling on rural-urban child chronic malnutrition from Pakistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data on all education based pathways, such as socio-demographic and behavioral, were taken from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 dataset. The data on all infants aged 0-59 months, whose height and weight were measured at the survey time, were selected for empirical analysis. Analyses with binary logistic regression model were used to determine the effect of mother formal schooling on rural-urban infant stunting after controlling for other factors deeply linked to her schooling. RESULTS: Empirical results showed that urban mothers having primary and secondary/ higher education have less likelihood of stunting for their infants than rural mothers relative to illiterate mothers, implying that illiterate mothers have more stunted kids. Male household head and poor economic rank have more likelihood of stunting in both locations, relative to female household head and rich households. Among explanatory variables, maternal schooling, health seeking attitude, socioeconomic rank, empowerment, and child weight are highly significant predictors of stunting in rural-urban Pakistan. Despite of earlier significant outcomes, targeted interventions are important aiming at mothers having no education. CONCLUSION: Female education, along with various other pathways (her socioeconomic, empowerment and heal seeking thought), has reduced chronic malnutrition and has been a guarantee of better living standard, still targeted interventions are important aiming at mothers having no education by specifying a big share of federal and regional budget on female education.

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“…Breastfeeding also saves infants from the threat of short term diseases and provides balance nutrients in foods. This conclusion is aligned with Mbwana et al 39 .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

The effects of mother education and intervening mechanisms on rural-urban child stunting: evidence from Pakistan

Farooq¹,

Rafique²,

Shah³

2019

Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde

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“…Significant associations were observed between time fetching water and children's anthropometric indicators statues, which is consistent with the previous studies [13]. It is thought that part of this may be due to the adoption of improved care practice with a reduction in the time needed to collect water [30].…”

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Water Access, Women’s Empowerment, Sanitation and Children’s Anthropometric Status: A Study of Ethiopian Mothers With Children Under Five

Ahmadi¹,

Sinclair²,

Melgar‐Quiñonez³

et al. 2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Recent studies have shown that most African countries are overwhelmed with problems related to water access. Women are disproportionality responsible for fetching water for drinking and domestic use. Notably, fetching water has been shown to influence various aspects of women's lives. The main objective of this paper is to study the association between the amount of time mothers spend carrying water and factors such as socioeconomic characteristics, women's empowerment (i.e., decision making, group membership, attitudes toward gender equality), income-generating activities (i.e., access to land and saving money (as proxies)), maternal nutritional status (i.e., Mid Upper Arm Circumstances (MUAC), dietary diversity score), childcare practices (i.e., breastfeeding, taking children for weighting or treatment for malnutrition, and children's dietary diversity), and children's anthropometric indicators. Data from a survey carried out in Ethiopia in 2016 was used in this article. Different statistical analyses formed the basis of the work. Firstly, descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Secondly, bivariate analyses were used to examine the association between exposure and outcome variables. Finally, binary logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results showed significant negative associations between the time spent fetching and saving money, group membership, attitudes toward gender equality, MUAC, dietary diversity, childcare care practices, and children's anthropometric indicators. This paper supports the important link between water access and women and children's nutritional statuses.

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“…It is evident from existing literature that with age, the odds of being stunted for a child increases significantly [34][35][36][37]. This study finds similar result, where children aged between 12 to 23 months and children aged more than 24 months had a high- that there can be other factors, such as duration of breast feeding, gender of the child, household size, use of iodized salt, mother's height, blood relations of parents, etc., that may affect the stunting status of children, which is subject to further investigation in the Bangladesh context [20,44,51].…”

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Factors affecting stunting among under-five children in Bangladesh

Talukder¹,

Razu²,

Hossain³

2018

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Factors affecting stunting among children under five years of age in BangladeshAshis TAlukder A-F , shAhArior rAhmAn rAzu A, D-F , md. zobAyer hossAin A, D-F orCid id: 0000-0002-5031-1128 khulna university, bangladeshBackground. Stunting is a major contributor to child morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Knowledge about the risk factors of stunting among children under five years of age is important for devising nutritional intervention programs and strategies.Objectives. This study attempts to uncover the risk factors associated with stunting status among children under five years of age in bangladesh.Material and methods. This study uses Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2014 data collected from an observational study. The ordinal dependent variable, child stunting status (categorized as severely stunted, moderately stunted and normal) is constructed by calculating height-for-age Z scores (HAZ). The bivariate analyses were performed using chi-square test to explore possible associations between stunting status and selected covariates. To know the marginal effects of independent variables, the proportional odds (PO) model was considered. Results. In bivariate setup, all the selected independent variables were found to be highly significant (p < 0.01). However, in multivariate analyses, child age, mother's education, mother's BMI and wealth index were found to be highly significant (p < 0.01) factors for the stunting status of children. The risk of having stunted children was found relatively higher in Chittagong (odds ratio = 1.466, p < 0.05), Sylhet (odds ratio = 1.345, p < 0.05) and Rangpur (odds ratio = 1.276, p < 0.1), compared to the Barisal division. Along with this, the birth interval of children (p < 0.05) and antenatal care service during pregnancy (p < 0.1) were found to be associated with child stunting status. Conclusions. Child age, mother's education, mother's BMI and wealth index were the most significant determinants in this study. Hence, policy makers should consider these factors while devising child nutrition programs and intervention strategies.

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Factors influencing stunting among children in rural Tanzania: an agro-climatic zone perspective

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

The effects of mother education and intervening mechanisms on rural-urban child stunting: evidence from Pakistan

The effects of mother education and intervening mechanisms on rural-urban child stunting: evidence from Pakistan

Water Access, Women’s Empowerment, Sanitation and Children’s Anthropometric Status: A Study of Ethiopian Mothers With Children Under Five

Factors affecting stunting among under-five children in Bangladesh

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