Infant feeding practices and chronic child malnutrition in the Indian states of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh

Brennan, Lance; McDonald, John; Shlomowitz, Ralph

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2003.09.003

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“…These factors determine the ability of the family to combine their knowledge, resources and patterns of behaviour, to promote, recover or maintain health status and to cope with a difficult environment (4,11,12) . Such factors include parental education, psychosocial stimulation and household environment (4,12,(22)(23)(24) .…”

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Risk factors for stunting among under-fives in Libya

Taguri

Ibrahim

Mahmud

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

105

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Objective: Stunting is a chronic condition reflecting poor nutrition and health. Our aim was to ascertain major predictors of stunting in children ,5 years old in Libya. (OR 5 0?53, 95 % CI 0?32, 0?90) and water storage (OR 5 0?70, 95 % CI 0?54, 0?90). These variables only explained 20 % of cases of stunting. Conclusion: Various multilevel actions are needed to improve nutritional status of under-fives in Libya. At risk-groups include those with young age (1-3 years), resident of Al-Akhdar region, boys, father's low educational level, poor psychosocial stimulation, poor housing environment, diarrhoea and low birth weight.

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Risk factors for stunting among under-fives in Libya

Taguri

Ibrahim

Mahmud

et al. 2009

Public Health Nutr.

105

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“…For each of these linear regressions, the dependent variable was the Z-score and the independent variables were the dichotomous empowerment variables. In the multivariate ordinary least-squares regressions we also adjusted for various child, maternal and household factors that could confound the relationship between women's empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status based on a literature review of similar studies and our knowledge of the local context (6,(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21) . We included child sex and age; maternal age, height and highest level of formal schooling completed (none or less than one year, some primary, completed primary (grade 5), some secondary, or completed secondary (grade 10) or higher); and household number of children aged <5 years (one or more than one), agro-ecological zone of residency (mountains, hills or terai) and wealth status.…”

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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal

Cunningham

Ploubidis

Menon³

et al. 2015

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Objective: To examine the association between women's empowerment in agriculture and nutritional status among children under 2 years of age in rural Nepal. Design: Cross-sectional survey of 4080 households conducted in 2012. Data collected included: child and maternal anthropometric measurements; child age and sex; maternal age, education, occupation and empowerment in agriculture; and household size, number of children, religion, caste and agro-ecological zone. Associations between the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)'s Five Domains of Empowerment (5DE) sub-index and its ten component indicators and child length-for-age Z-scores (LAZ) and weight-for-length Z-scores (WLZ) were estimated, using ordinary least-squares regression models, with and without adjustments for key child, maternal and household level covariates. Setting: Two hundred and forty rural communities across sixteen districts of Nepal. Subjects: Children under 24 months of age and their mothers (n 1787). Results: The overall WEAI 5DE was positively associated with LAZ (β = 0·20, P = 0·04). Three component indicators were also positively associated with LAZ: satisfaction with leisure time (β = 0·27, P < 0·01), access to and decisions regarding credit (β = 0·20, P = 0·02) and autonomy in production (β = 0·10, P = 0·04). No indicator of women's empowerment in agriculture was associated with WLZ. Conclusions: Women's empowerment in agriculture, as measured by the WEAI 5DE and three of its ten component indicators, was significantly associated with LAZ, highlighting the potential role of women's empowerment in improving child nutrition in Nepal. Additional studies are needed to determine whether interventions to improve women's empowerment will improve child nutrition.

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“…4 National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3) data at the national level and also at Delhi showed that initiation of breastfeeding longer than an hour in 23.4% and 21.7% of the infants under study, respectively. 5,6 Study from West Bengal had shown that only 13.6% infants were started on breastfeeding within an hour. 7 in present study Colostrum was fed to nearly 67.73 of infants while in rest 32.27% infants were not fed with it, as it was considered as not good for their health.…”

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A cross-sectional study of determinants and impact of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices on nutritional status and common illnesses among infants in urban slum

2017

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Background: The present research was carried out with an objective to study various breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices its effect on nutritional status of children and association with common illness like diarrhea and ARI.Methods: This cross sectional observational study was conducted on infant registered in under five-clinic at an urban health center in urban slum. A semi structured questionnaire was used to study the current breast feeding and infant feeding practices among mothers of the study subjects. The analysis was done using Microsoft Excel.Results: There was universal breastfeeding with almost all children having ever been breastfed. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months was not practiced as only about 37.72% of infants were exclusively breastfed for six months. Factors associated with sub-optimal infant and young child feeding practices in these settings include mother’s education level, lack of knowledge of proper feeding practices, lower socioeconomic status, and frequent illness. Noncompliance with proper exclusive breast-feeding practices was associated with more chances of having diarrhoea and acute respiratory illness among infants.Conclusions: The study indicates poor adherence to WHO recommendations for breastfeeding and infant feeding practices leading to more chances of falling ill with common illnesses.

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Infant feeding practices and chronic child malnutrition in the Indian states of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh

Cited by 45 publications

References 22 publications

Risk factors for stunting among under-fives in Libya

Risk factors for stunting among under-fives in Libya

Women’s empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal

A cross-sectional study of determinants and impact of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices on nutritional status and common illnesses among infants in urban slum

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