Relationship between Paternal Involvement and Child Malnutrition in a Rural Area of Vietnam

Tran, Bich Huu

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“…Although we could not find studies using the same concepts of father's knowledge and practice, our findings are in line with other observational studies on the fathers' involvement in breastfeeding, such as attending breastfeeding sessions with mothers, involvement in decision-making and helping the mother in the household, showed much better breastfeeding practice than families with fathers who were less involved (Ingram et al 2002;Moestue & Huttly 2008;Pontes et al 2009;Sasaki et al 2010). Similarly, better cognitive and language competence and nutrition status were reported among young children whose fathers were involved in child playing and child care activities (Tran 2008).…”

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The influence of father's child feeding knowledge and practices on children's dietary diversity: a study in urban and rural districts of Northern Ethiopia, 2013

Bilal

Dinant

Blanco

et al. 2014

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Infant and young child feeding has been recognised as an essential element to improve growth of children, especially in developing countries where malnutrition among children and its dire consequences are very prevalent. However, little attention has been paid on the influence of fathers on child feeding practices, although fathers are very important in raising well-adjusted, happy and successful children. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the influence of fathers' child feeding knowledge and practice on children's dietary diversity. A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among 850 eligible urban and rural households with children of 6-23 months. The father and mother of the child were interviewed on children's dietary diversity and fathers' knowledge and practice of child feeding. Nearly half (46%) of the children in the rural district did not meet the minimum dietary diversity, and in the urban district, the rate was even worse (72%). Grains were the common food group given to the children in both districts, whereas flesh food was the least commonly consumed food group. Additionally, low vitamin A-rich food and other fruit and vegetable consumption seem to be a problem in both districts. Almost all dimensions of fathers' knowledge and practice were significantly related to children's minimum dietary diversity; especially, fathers' knowledge of food groups was an important predictor (P-value < 0.001) in both districts. Interventions that focus on the fathers' knowledge of child feeding, especially about food groups, are recommended to improve children's dietary diversity in the study communities.

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“…). Similarly, better cognitive and language competence and nutrition status were reported among young children whose fathers were involved in child playing and child care activities (Tran ).…”

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The influence of father's child feeding knowledge and practices on children's dietary diversity: a study in urban and rural districts of Northern Ethiopia, 2013

Bilal

Dinant

Blanco

et al. 2014

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…A Vietnamese study showed that children whose fathers did not bring them to the medical facilities for immunizations were about 1.7 times more likely to be malnourished which indicate the need for paternal involvement in child health care system in general and nutritional outcome in particular [38]. Similarly, a study done South Africa reported children whose fathers did not provide their family with financial support were found to be at higher risk of malnutrition [39].…”

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Women’s autonomy and men's involvement in child care and feeding as predictors of infant and young child anthropometric indices in coffee farming households of Jimma Zone, South West of Ethiopia

Abate

Belachew

2017

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundMost of child mortality and under nutrition in developing world were attributed to suboptimal childcare and feeding, which needs detailed investigation beyond the proximal factors. This study was conducted with the aim of assessing associations of women’s autonomy and men’s involvement with child anthropometric indices in cash crop livelihood areas of South West Ethiopia.MethodsMulti-stage stratified sampling was used to select 749 farming households living in three coffee producing sub-districts of Jimma zone, Ethiopia. Domains of women’s Autonomy were measured by a tool adapted from demographic health survey. A model for determination of paternal involvement in childcare was employed. Caring practices were assessed through the WHO Infant and young child feeding practice core indicators. Length and weight measurements were taken in duplicate using standard techniques. Data were analyzed using SPSS for windows version 21. A multivariable linear regression was used to predict weight for height Z-scores and length for age Z-scores after adjusting for various factors.ResultsThe mean (sd) scores of weight for age (WAZ), height for age (HAZ), weight for height (WHZ) and BMI for age (BAZ) was -0.52(1.26), -0.73(1.43), -0.13(1.34) and -0.1(1.39) respectively. The results of multi variable linear regression analyses showed that WHZ scores of children of mothers who had autonomy of conducting big purchase were higher by 0.42 compared to children's whose mothers had not. In addition, a child whose father was involved in childcare and feeding had higher HAZ score by 0.1. Regarding age, as for every month increase in age of child, a 0.04 point decrease in HAZ score and a 0.01 point decrease in WHZ were noted. Similarly, a child living in food insecure households had lower HAZ score by 0.29 compared to child of food secured households. As family size increased by a person a WHZ score of a child is decreased by 0.08. WHZ and HAZ scores of male child was found lower by 0.25 and 0.38 respectively compared to a female child of same age.ConclusionWomen’s autonomy and men’s involvement appeared in tandem with better child anthropometric outcomes. Nutrition interventions in such setting should integrate enhancing women’s autonomy over resource and men’s involvement in childcare and feeding, in addition to food security measures.

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“…In low socioeconomic families women would be performing multiple roles as procuring food, preparing, child bearing and rearing activities and all of these are known to be influenced by the health and nutritional status of the mother. Limited paternal involvement in child rearing has also been termed a cause for child malnutrition, thus increasing the burden of work for women [28]. Table 6 presents the nutritional status of children in relation to that of their mothers.…”

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Living Environs and Nutritional Status of Children from an Urban Indian Slum: An Analysis of Associative Factors

Prakash¹

2013

Int. J. Child Health Nutr.

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Growing urbanization gives rise to slums, which are densely populated peri-urban areas housing underprivileged populations. The nutritional status of children in slum areas can be compromised due to poor living environs despite availability of many urban health care facilities. The present cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the nutritional status of children residing in slum and analyze the various associative factors. The study area was Ghousianagar, a slum in city of Mysore from South India. A sample of 676 children (2-11 years of age, males, 310 and females, 366) from two schools was chosen for detailed anthropometry. Data were also collected on living conditions, economic and literacy levels of parents and nutritional status of mothers (n=200) through standard techniques. The results revealed that the living conditions of children were highly unhygienic. Only in 36% of families both parents were literate. Children from all age groups exhibited different degrees of malnutrition which worsened with increasing age. Only 8% of children were normal and the rest suffered with different degrees of undernutrition. Stunting and wasting were significantly influenced by age and gender of children. Under associative factors studied, weight for age of children was significantly associated with economic status of family and maternal BMI. Weight for height was associated with economic status, family size and maternal BMI. Height for age exhibited marginal association with family size. It can be said that adverse living environment and limited resources influenced the nutritional status of children adversely.

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Relationship between Paternal Involvement and Child Malnutrition in a Rural Area of Vietnam

Cited by 17 publications

References 11 publications

The influence of father's child feeding knowledge and practices on children's dietary diversity: a study in urban and rural districts of Northern Ethiopia, 2013

The influence of father's child feeding knowledge and practices on children's dietary diversity: a study in urban and rural districts of Northern Ethiopia, 2013

Women’s autonomy and men's involvement in child care and feeding as predictors of infant and young child anthropometric indices in coffee farming households of Jimma Zone, South West of Ethiopia

Living Environs and Nutritional Status of Children from an Urban Indian Slum: An Analysis of Associative Factors

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