Influence of Maternal Education on Child Immunization and Stunting in Kenya

Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Kimani, James; Moore, DaKysha

doi:10.1007/s10995-010-0670-z

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“…Rather, it appears closely correlated with the mother's level of education. The relationship between maternal education and children's immunization rates has been highlighted also in the previous literature (Abuya, Onsomu, Kimani, & Moore, 2011; Altınkaynak, Ertekin, Güraksın, & Kılıc, 2004; Fatiregun & Okoro, 2012; Schoeps et al, 2013; Singh, Haney, & Olorunsaiye, 2013; Vikram, Vanneman, & Desai, 2012). However, this relationship is not necessarily causal, for a number of reasons.…”

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Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey

2018

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We study the causal effect of maternal education on childhood immunization rates. We use the Compulsory Education Law of 1997, and the differentiation in its implementation across regions, as instruments for schooling of young mothers in Turkey. The Compulsory Education Law increased the compulsory years of schooling of those born after 1986 from 5 to 8 years. We find that education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their children. The results are robust to variations in regression specification and including various individual and community variables.

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Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey

2018

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“…As just described, socioeconomic status co-occurs with many other factors including possibly better nutrition and better eating behavior among children. For example, higher maternal education was associated with less malnutrition and malnutritive stunted-growth in non-US populations (Abuya, Onsomu, Kimani, & Moore, 2011;M. C. Gupta, Mehrotra, Arora, & Saran, 1991;Urke, Bull, & Mittelmark, 2011), a greater tendency to breastfeed (Skafida, 2009), a lower prevalence of emotional eating (Saxton, Carnell, van Jaarsveld, & Wardle, 2009), and more vegetables and less unhealthy foods consumed by 10-year old children (Cribb, Jones, Rogers, Ness, & Emmett, 2011).…”

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Socioeconomic stress by dopamine receptor 2 gene interactions in the development of obesity

Stanton¹

2013

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Background: Previous research suggests that early life socioeconomic stress and certain genetic polymorphisms may be partly associated with increased adiposity; however, research on both genetic and environmental predictors fail to account for the dramatic increase in obesity over that last several decades. Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that a GxE interaction between DRD2-related SNPs and parental education would predict trunk and total fat mass. This same interaction would also predict total calories from a 24-hour diet recall, which would mediate its effect on trunk and total fat mass. Sample:The current study analyzed genetic and psychosocial data from 697 participants collected for the Family Heart Study, an investigation examining the relationship between psychosocial behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: Interactions were assessed between four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the D2 receptor and ANKK1 genes and tertiles of parental education predicting DXA-scan-measured trunk and total body fat mass. A measure of total calories, as assessed by a 24-hour diet recall, was tested as a mediator of this effect. Results: An interaction between mother's education and RS1116313 SNP predicted trunk fat (F(4,191)=2.94, p=0.022) and total body fat (F(4, 191)=3.94, p=0.004). The effects were driven by a reduction in trunk and total fat mass among C/C or T/T homozygotes with a high mother's education, which was not observed among C/T heterozygotes. Father's education was neither an interactive nor a main effect predictor in any models. Interactions predicting total calories were also non-significant, and no support for mediation was found. Post-hoc analyses revealed that leisure activity was also not a mediator. Alternatively, certain dietary components were predicted by the interactions between mother's education and RS1124492 and between mother's education and RS1800498. Conclusions: Trunk and v total body fat composition are predicted by an interaction between mother's education and the RS1116313 SNP. This effect does not appear to be mediated by total calories or leisure activity. Other SNPs associated with the D2 receptor gene interact with mother's education to predict dietary components.vi

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“…5 A number of factors have been associated with immunization uptake. These include maternal education or literacy, [7][8][9] maternal age at birth, 10,11 paternal education level 12 and antenatal care utilization during pregnancy. 13 Children born in a health facility have been found to be more likely to be immunized than those born at home, 14,15 but there is no strong evidence that a child's sex is associated with vaccination uptake.…”

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“…13 In Kenya, the following factors were not associated with immunization; maternal age, socioeconomic status, partner's education level, sex of the child and place of delivery. 9,19,21,22 This highlights the need for further studies to understand these associations.…”

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Family factors associated with immunization uptake in children aged between twelve and fifty-nine months: a household survey in Kakamega Central district, Western Kenya

Sunguti

Neave

Taylor

2016

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In this study, we assessed immunization uptake and identified family factors associated with immunization in children aged between 12 and 59 months in Kakamega Central, Western Kenya. A cross sectional study was conducted in 13 sub-locations between June and July 2013. Data on 577 children were collected from their respective caregivers, by trained research assistants. The proportion of fully immunized children was 80.9% (95% confidence interval 76.9-85.3%). Immunization coverage was higher among caregivers who had completed secondary school (88%), those who had attended antenatal care clinics (81%) and children born in a health facility (85%). Some evidence was seen of increasing coverage with increasing socio-economic status. No evidence for a gender difference in coverage was seen. In the logistic regression model, the risk factors for incomplete immunization were: low educational level of the caregiver [adjusted odd ratio (AOR)=0.25; P<0.005], never attending any antenatal care (ANC) (AOR=0.14; P<0.05) and delivery outside of health facilities (AOR=0.40; P<0.005). Further inquiry is required into this area to fully comprehend the inextricable linkage between factors affecting immunization.

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Influence of Maternal Education on Child Immunization and Stunting in Kenya

Cited by 116 publications

References 21 publications

Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey

Maternal education and childhood immunization in Turkey

Socioeconomic stress by dopamine receptor 2 gene interactions in the development of obesity

Family factors associated with immunization uptake in children aged between twelve and fifty-nine months: a household survey in Kakamega Central district, Western Kenya

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