Maternal education and child feeding practices in rural Bangladesh

Guldan, Georgia S.; Zeitlin, Marian F.; Beiser, Alexa; Super, Charles M.; Gershoff, Stanley N.; Datta, Sabita

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(93)90084-h

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“…Huffman et al [24] observed five to six suckling episodes per 8-hour observation period for 18-to 36-month olds, as compared with our 6.3 episodes for a slightly younger group 12 to 36 months of age. Our value of 6.8 episodes per 9 hours for 12-to 23-montholds was slightly higher than the finding by Guldan et al [25] of four to six suckling episodes per 9-hour period among 16-to 24-month olds. The fact that suckling frequency declines with age would explain much of this small difference.…”

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The Helen Keller International Food-Frequency Method Underestimates Vitamin A Intake Where Sustained Breastfeeding is Common

Persson¹,

Greiner²,

Islam³

et al. 1998

Food Nutr Bull

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A recent innovation in assessing community vitamin A status is the Helen Keller International food-frequency method, which is based on weekly intakes of key foods among pre-school children. Since it excludes breastmilk, we investigated whether the amount of breastmilk received by 40 children aged one to three years in a rural area of Bangladesh contributed significantly to their vitamin A intake. Vitamin A intake was indirectly calculated from the consumption of breastmilk, which was quantified over a 9-hour period by a test-weighing technique. The estimated mean 24-hour milk intake was 548 g for the 97% who were breastfed at 12 to 23 months and 312 g for the 73% who were breastfed at 24 to 36 months. This represents an average daily intake of 41% and 23% of the safe recommended daily intake (400 RE) for vitamin A, respectively. The Helen Keller International food-frequency method should be revalidated for settings where breastfeeding is sustained beyond infancy.

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The Helen Keller International Food-Frequency Method Underestimates Vitamin A Intake Where Sustained Breastfeeding is Common

Persson¹,

Greiner²,

Islam³

et al. 1998

Food Nutr Bull

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“…This pattern was also observed in a similar study done in Nepal [39], which showed that educated mothers were less likely to delay initiation of breastfeeding. Educated mothers have been shown to feed their children with more attention, discipline, purpose, and intentionality, and this could explain the association observed [40]. …”

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Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda

Mukunya

Tumwine

Nankabirwa

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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Background: Initiation of breastfeeding later than 1 hour after birth is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding. Methods: We conducted a survey in 2016 of 930 children under the age of 2 years in Lira district, northern Uganda. Mothers of the children were interviewed and data was collected on mobile phones using Open Data Kit software (https://opendatakit.org). Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding. Results: Almost half [48.2%, 95% confidence interval (CI) (44.3–52.1)] of the mothers delayed initiation of breastfeeding. Factors significantly associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding in multivariable analysis included caesarean delivery [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 11.10 95% CI (3.73–33.04)], discarding initial breast milk [AOR 2.02 95% CI (1.41–2.88)], home delivery [AOR 1.43 95% CI (1.04–1.97)] and mother being responsible for initiating breastfeeding as compared to a health worker or relative [AOR 1.73 95% CI (1.33–2.26)]. Mothers having a secondary education were less likely [AOR 0.54 95% CI (0.30–0.96)] to delay initiation of breastfeeding as compared to those with no education. Conclusion: About half the mothers delayed initiation of breastfeeding until after 1 hour after birth. Programs to promote, protect and support breastfeeding in this post conflict region are urgently needed.

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“…The positive deviance research asks what factors might be associated with these differences and specifically targets caregiver behaviors as well as resource issues. A number of factors have been identified that are associated with improved nutrition, ranging from the well known, such as maternal education, to more specific factors such as encouragement of infant feeding [40] or feeding children more frequently in cleaner, protected places [41]. These behaviors seem to represent a commitment to a more labor-intensive form of child care [41].…”

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“…A number of factors have been identified that are associated with improved nutrition, ranging from the well known, such as maternal education, to more specific factors such as encouragement of infant feeding [40] or feeding children more frequently in cleaner, protected places [41]. These behaviors seem to represent a commitment to a more labor-intensive form of child care [41]. Factors associated with positive growth have been found to be different from those associated with growth failure [42].…”

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Child development: Vulnerability and resilience

Engle

Castle

Menon

1996

Social Science & Medicine

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Alrstraet--Many of the challenges facing children now are a function of changing times, including increase in urbanization, political violence, changing family forms, and in some areas decreased supplies of adequate food. This review focuses particularly on those changes in which children are the victims and which induce new threats for them, rather than on problems such as child disability or mental illness. The outcome variables of interest in this paper are dimensions of children's psychosocial development, including cognitive development, psychological adjustment and aggression, whereas the companion paper in this issue (Caldwell P., Child survival: vulnerability and resilience in adversity in the European past and the contemporary Third World, Soc. Sci. Med.) [1] focuses on physical aspects of children's development. The risks that are hurdles in the process of development of a young child begin from conception and carry on into later life. To address them all would be impossible; thus, in order to do justice to the issues at hand, we have chosen those risks that, in our view, are important in a child's psychosocial development in developing countries. This paper will thus provide a discussion of the concepts of risk and resilience, then apply these concepts to the analysis of three examples of risk faced by children today: nutritional threats (e.g. malnutrition due to decline in breastfeeding); family dynamics and types of family forms (e.g. child fostering and non-traditional families); and experiences of violence (domestic or political). In each case, the same four questions will be addressed: what are the consequences of the risk factor for children, what are the etiologies and conditions of risk, are there any children who seem to cope with the risk factor successfully and what are some of the protective factors, and what interventions or programs would help support these children?

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Maternal education and child feeding practices in rural Bangladesh

Cited by 91 publications

References 18 publications

The Helen Keller International Food-Frequency Method Underestimates Vitamin A Intake Where Sustained Breastfeeding is Common

The Helen Keller International Food-Frequency Method Underestimates Vitamin A Intake Where Sustained Breastfeeding is Common

Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a survey in Northern Uganda

Child development: Vulnerability and resilience

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