Parent’s food preference and its implication for child malnutrition in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system; community-based survey using multinomial logistic regression model: North West Ethiopia; December 2017
| Autor: | Gashaw Andargie Biks, Melike Endris Yesuf, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Nigusie Birhan Tebeje |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Parents Mothers Community based survey Food preference Child Nutrition Disorders Caretaker 03 medical and health sciences Food Preferences 0302 clinical medicine Multinomial logistic regression model 030225 pediatrics Environmental health Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Children Under-five business.industry lcsh:RJ1-570 Infant lcsh:Pediatrics medicine.disease Religion Malnutrition Human nutrition Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Caregivers North west Parent Child Preschool Population Surveillance Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Dabat Educational Status Female Infant Food Ethiopia Demographic surveillance system business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Pediatrics, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019) BMC Pediatrics |
| ISSN: | 1471-2431 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12887-019-1692-3 |
| Popis: | Background A Shortage or excessive intake of the nutrient is malnutrition; affecting every aspect of human beings. Malnutrition at childhood has long-lasting and multiple effects. In Ethiopia significant numbers of children were suffering from malnutrition that might be associated with parents’ food preference; the fact not yet investigated. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess parents’ food preferences and its implication for child malnutrition. Methods The study was conducted among 7150 mothers/caretakers in Dabat demographic and health surveillance site. Data were collected by experienced data collectors working for the surveillance centers after extensive training. A multinomial logistic regression model was fitted to determine the effect of factors on the dependent variable and model fitness was checked using a likelihood ratio test. Results About 62.55% of mothers/caretakers prefer to feed children with a family and 16.45% of them prefer to feed children with a specific type of food. Mothers/caretakers who introduce semisolid food after 6 months 2.34(1.50–3.96) were times more likely prefer to feed with family food for their children than a balanced diet. Regarding the specific type of food preference mothers who introduce semisolid food after 6 months and those obtain food from the market were 6.53(3.80–11.24) and 4.38(3.45–5.56) times more likely to prefer to feed specific types of than balanced diet respectively. Conclusion Food preference had contributed to the increased and persistent magnitude of child malnutrition as 62.55% of mothers prefer to feed children with family and only 21% of them prefer to feed a balanced diet for under-five children. Therefore we recommended integration of child dietary diversity, acceptability and safety counseling session for mothers visiting health institutions for child vaccination, ANC and PNC services. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12887-019-1692-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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