Prevalence of Vitamin a Deficiency among Infants Participating in the Mama SASHA Proof of Concept Project in Western Kenya

Cole, D.J.W.; Sindi, Kirimi; Levin, Carol; Garett, Dean; Kariuki, Simon; Ouedarogo, Hermann; Loechl, Cornelia; Baingana, Rhona; Oyunga, Mary Anyango; Low, Jan

doi:10.9734/ejnfs/2015/21229

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“…This could have been due to low consumption of vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables. Similar results have been documented by [28] in Western Kenya where children (6 -59 months) from this region were found to be vitamin A deficient, a conclusion that was drawn from low intake of Vitamin A rich foods in this age group. Others factors that could influence the adequacy of vitamin A intake include seasonality of fruits, food preparation methods and availability of money to buy fruits.…”

Section: Nutritional Adequacy Of the Children's Dietsupporting

confidence: 75%

Food Consumption Patterns among Pre-School Children 3 - 5 Years Old in Mateka, Western Kenya

Ronoh¹,

Were²,

Wakhu-Wamunga³

et al. 2017

FNS

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Hunger and malnutrition are burdens that are pronounced in developing countries where they manifest themselves in the forms of protein energy malnutrition. Malnutrition compromises the child's immune system leading to direct mortality and increased vulnerability to infectious diseases stunting and poor brain development. This study sought to analyze the food consumption patterns of children 3 -5 years old attending Mateka Primary school, Bungoma County. This study adopted a cross sectional survey. One hundred and twenty five (125) children selected from three ECD classes in the school formed the sample size. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the study area and the children respectively. Structured questionnaires were administered to the caregivers of the children. Information on demographics, socio-economic status, and food consumption patterns were gathered. Food consumption patterns were assessed using a HDDS and a quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Socio-demographic data was analyzed using (SPSS) Version 21 (2007) and dietary data was analyzed using Nutri-Survey for Windows (2007). Results revealed that most of the households were of low socio-economic characteristics. The most consumed foods were cereals, roots and tubers. Majority (55.2%) of the children had low dietary diversity, 29.1% had medium dietary diversity and 15.7% had greater dietary diversity. The children were deficient in energy, protein, Vitamin A, Iron and Zinc. It can be concluded that the diets fed to the children are inadequate to meet their nutrient intakes for physiological development and growth. Further research should be done to document the prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition among the children.

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confidence: 75%

Food Consumption Patterns among Pre-School Children 3 - 5 Years Old in Mateka, Western Kenya

Ronoh¹,

Were²,

Wakhu-Wamunga³

et al. 2017

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“…Our results of significant improvement in WAZ and WHZ Z-scores among children in groups fed with soybean fortified porridge are similar to the results obtained earlier by other researchers [36] who found positive improvement for WAZ and WHZ Z-scores among children fed soy fortified porridge for 6 months. Other studies [7,38] have also documented similar findings of increased WAZ and WHZ Z-scores after feeding children with soybean fortified supplementary diets. However the WAZ and WHZ Z-scores decreased significantly (p < 0.05) between 6 th and 9 th months when porridge supplement was withdrawn.…”

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“…Generally low purchasing power in many households of developing countries force them to over rely on undiversified staple cereals, roots and tubers for infants and young children diets. This practice contributes to inadequate nutrient intake, resulting to under nutrition among children [7].…”

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Supplementary Feeding and Nutritional Status of Pre-school Children 4-5 Years Old from Busia County Kenya

Susan¹,

Wakhu-Wamunga²,

Okoth³

2022

JFNS

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Poor quality diet is the most immediate factor responsible for malnutrition and ill health among school going children in many developing countries, including Kenya. The aim of the study was to evaluate effect of soybean fortified porridge on nutritional status of pre-school children at Igero Primary School, Busia County. The flour blends developed and used in making supplement porridges were; maize:soybean 70:30, sorghum:soybean 70:30, sorghum: maize:soybean 45:25:30 and 100% maize flour (control). A longitudinal survey and Complete Randomized Design experiment were employed. The 235 childeren enrolled in pre-school at the beginning of the study were randomized into four groups and the four types of porridge randomly allocated to the groups. Pre-school children were fed for a period of six months with approximately 350ml of porridge daily, Monday to Friday while in school. Anthropometric measurements were taken at baseline, every month for 6 months and at 9 th month. From the study results, there was significant (p < 0.05) reduction in prevalence of underweight and wasting, from 33.6% to 15.5% and from 28.5% to 10.8% respectively, among children fed on soybean fortified porridges by the end of intervention. However change in underweight and wasting among children fed on unfortified 100% maize flour porridge was not significant (p>0.05). The group fed on maize:soybean, sorghum:soybean and sorghum:maize:soybean blends gained mean weight of 2.83kg, 1.88kg and 2.19kg respectively by the end of study. Results on nutritional status assessment 3 months later when porridge was withdrawn showed that, 31.5% and 28.3% of children became underweight and wasted respectively. In conclusion, soybean fortified porridges improved the nutritional status of children. It is recommended that maize-soybean or sorghum-soybean blends be used in preparing 10 o'clock porridge in schools to enhance nutritional status of pre-school children.

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“…This outcome was the change in the proportion of households consuming OFSP at least one time a week from 0.4% at baseline to 10% at endline. Similar assumptions were made on expected proportions of household weekly frequency of OFSP consumption and on expected changes according to the data of surveys conducted in the Lake Zone regions of Tanzania ( 20 ) and in western Kenya ( 21 , 22 ). The sample size calculation was done to allow for comparison of the proportions between endline (10%) and baseline (0.4%) data accounting for the complex cluster survey design effect (DEFF of 1.5) ( 23 ).…”

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Association Between Nutrition Social Behavior Change Communication and Improved Caregiver Health and Nutrition Knowledge and Practices in Rural Tanzania

Ackatia-Armah¹,

Okuku²,

Kakuhenzire³

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundEfforts to improve infant and young child feeding practices include the use of nutrition behavior change communication among caregivers of children under 5 years. We assessed the association between monthly participation in community-level nutrition group meetings on caregiver health and nutrition knowledge and practices (KPs).MethodsData from a community-based cross-sectional survey conducted in the Eastern and Southern Highland Zones of Tanzania were used. Indices were developed for caregivers' knowledge of nutrition, health and childcare, household (HDD) and young child dietary diversity (CDD), and vitamin A (VA) intakes. The comparison of means and proportions was assessed using Student's t-test and the Chi-square test, respectively, between the caregivers participating in nutrition group meetings and non-participants. The impact of the number of nutrition meeting attendance on caregiver KPs scores was examined using multiple regression.ResultsOf 547 caregivers surveyed, 49.7% attended nutrition group meetings and received information on nutrition social behavior change communication (SBCC). Overall, 28% of participating women had a moderate level of nutrition knowledge, 62% had a high level of VA knowledge, and 57% had a high level of health and childcare knowledge. Participation in nutrition group meetings was significantly associated with the health and childcare knowledge score (HKS), HDD and CDD scores, and household and young child VA intake; the magnitude of the associations was greater for caregivers who attended at least four meetings.ConclusionThe findings emphasize the need for programs that seek to address the issues present in the use of nutrition SBCC at the community level to improve maternal or caregiver KPs and subsequently the nutrition status of infants and young children.

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Prevalence of Vitamin a Deficiency among Infants Participating in the Mama SASHA Proof of Concept Project in Western Kenya

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Food Consumption Patterns among Pre-School Children 3 - 5 Years Old in Mateka, Western Kenya

Food Consumption Patterns among Pre-School Children 3 - 5 Years Old in Mateka, Western Kenya

Supplementary Feeding and Nutritional Status of Pre-school Children 4-5 Years Old from Busia County Kenya

Association Between Nutrition Social Behavior Change Communication and Improved Caregiver Health and Nutrition Knowledge and Practices in Rural Tanzania

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