Malnutrition and pregnancy wastage in Zambia

Kwofie, Kwamie; Brew-Graves, Ekow; Adika, Gameli

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(83)90296-4

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“…Other studies reveal that food taboos during pregnancy are not uncommon, the aim being to avoid having a big baby and difficult labour (Egwuatu 1986, Choudhry 1997). The cultural practice of depriving a pregnant woman of essential food nutrients may contribute to malnutrition, which is common among pregnant women in Zambia, and may be responsible for lower birth weights, congenital malformations, and maternal and perinatal mortality (Kwofie et al. 1983, World Bank 1994).…”

Section: Cultural Practices and Beliefs During Pregnancymentioning

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Cultural childbirth practices and beliefs in Zambia

Maimbolwa

Yamba

Diwan

et al. 2003

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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These social support women, including those who considered themselves as mbusas, lacked understanding of the causes of obstetric complications during childbirth, and had inadequate knowledge of the appropriate management of labour. Culturally-specific knowledge from this study should be used to guide policy-makers and health planners in the future development of safe motherhood initiatives in developing countries. Midwives have a unique opportunity to ensure that care given during childbirth is clinically safe and culturally sensitive.

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Section: Cultural Practices and Beliefs During Pregnancymentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural childbirth practices and beliefs in Zambia

Maimbolwa

Yamba

Diwan

et al. 2003

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…For instance, severe anemia (hemoglobin level less than 5.0 g/dl) is linked to increased maternal mortality at delivery time [ 3 ]. This implies that maternal nutritional health status and pregnancy outcomes are interdependent [ 4 , 5 ]. Indeed evidence indicates that moderate protein-calorie malnutrition during pregnancy leads to lower placental weight and this mechanism explains low-birth-weight babies [ 5 ].…”

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“…Indeed evidence indicates that moderate protein-calorie malnutrition during pregnancy leads to lower placental weight and this mechanism explains low-birth-weight babies [ 5 ]. Similarly, malnutrition in pregnancy leads to lower birth weight [ 4 , 5 ], congenital malformations [ 4 ], and increased maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality [ 4 ]. Therefore routine anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI) and a composite of weight in kilograms and height in meters-squared or midupper midarm circumference (MUAC) must be a key component of health service delivery.…”

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Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda

Izudi

Epidu

Katawera

et al. 2017

BioMed Research International

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Introduction Assessment of pregnant mothers for nutritional status is a neglected intervention. In Kaabong Hospital, nutritional status of pregnant mothers was not assessed during antenatal care (ANC) visits. A quality improvement (QI) project was initiated to increase nutritional assessment using midupper arm circumference (MUAC) among pregnant mothers during ANC visits from 0 to 90% between April and September 2015. Method Baylor-Uganda formed ANC Work Improvement Team (WIT) that reviewed ANC register, identified gaps in quality of care, analyzed root causes using cause-effect diagram, developed solutions, and tested and implemented the solution using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Planned and tested changes included the provision of anthropometric tools, integrated ANC register, and data use. Result In April 2015 (baseline), none (0/235) of the pregnant women were assessed for nutritional status using MUAC. Following QI interventions, nutritional assessment improved to 79% (200/252) in May 2015 and to 100% (241/241) in June 2015. The 100% performance was sustained until August 2016. Overall, 39 cases of malnutrition—1 (2.6%) severe (MUAC < 19.0 cm) and 38 (97.4%) moderate acute malnutrition (MUAC 19–22.0 cm)—were identified and linked to nutritional rehabilitation program. Conclusion QI interventions are critical in achieving high rates of nutritional status assessment and identifying malnourished pregnant women during ANC visits.

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Female Nutritional Status across the Life-Span in Sub-Saharan Africa. 1. Prevalence Patterns

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This article reviews and synthesizes existing nutritional studies that provide gender-disaggregated data from sub-Saharan Africa. The analytic focus is on female nutritional status across the life-span. However, it was found that available data are biased towards preschool children and women of reproductive age. As in other economically disadvantaged parts of the world, the two most prevalent nutritional deficiencies among females in sub-Saharan Africa are iron-deficiency anaemia and protein-energy malnutrition. In comparison with other regions of the world, sub-Saharan African females seem to be nutritionally better off than females in South Asia, but as malnourished as, or more malnourished than, females elsewhere. Indirect indicators of nutritional status, such as birthweight and maternal mortality, suggest that the nutritional situation of women in Western Africa is poorer than that of women in Eastern and Southern Africa. In comparison with males in sub-Saharan Africa, however, no consistent pattern of female nutritional disadvantage was found.

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Malnutrition and pregnancy wastage in Zambia

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Cultural childbirth practices and beliefs in Zambia

Cultural childbirth practices and beliefs in Zambia

Quality Improvement Interventions for Nutritional Assessment among Pregnant Mothers in Northeastern Uganda

Female Nutritional Status across the Life-Span in Sub-Saharan Africa. 1. Prevalence Patterns

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