Nutritional Status of Infants 0-23 Months of Age and its Relationship with Socioeconomic Factors in Pangkep

Hadju, Veni; Yunus, Rabina; Arundhana, Andi Imam; Salmah, Andi Ummu; Wahyu, Atjo

doi:10.3923/ajcn.2017.71.76

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“…Results of this study pertaining to mother's role and knowledge on the nutritional status of infant and toddler feeding are consistent with those of other studies that found no significant association between maternal nutrition knowledge and stunting, but not wasting in Indonesia (Webb & Block, 2003;Webb & Block, 2004). On the contrary, other studies found significant association between mother's feeding knowledge and nutritional status of their children (Siagian & Halisitijayani, 2014;Sukandar et al, 2015;Hadju et al, 2016;Masthalina & Agustina, 2017;Ahmad et al, 2018) and the study of Appoh and Krekling (2005) in Ghana found the positive association between mother's nutrition knowledge and underweight, which measures both stunting and wasting. Mothers with above primary level education can significantly reduce stunting and wasting in children.…”

Section: Mother's Knowledgesupporting

confidence: 89%

Mother’s Role and Knowledge in Young Children Feeding Practices on the Nutritional Status of Infant and Toddler

Hasibuan¹,

Batubara²,

Suryani³

2019

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Adequate nutrition, beginning in early stages of life, is crucial to ensure good physical and mental development as well as long-term health. Efforts in improving nutritional status in Indonesia are mostly focused to the vulnerable groups, mainly infant (baby under one year old) and toodler (baby under two years old). Childhood underweight and overweight are an important public health problem, as these conditions tend to have a chronic condition that cause a wide range of future morbidity. Overweight in young children is associated with future cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and psychosocial problems and stunted children suffer from impaired growth with permanent consequences in their adult life that face a high risk of morbidity and mortality. In this case, parents (especially mothers as the role models) are mostly responsible on healthy eating behaviors of their young children. With refers to this empirical fact, the objective of this study was to assess the association of mother’s role and knowledge in feeding young children practices on the nutritional status of their infants and toddlers. Analytical cross-sectional study was used in this study. The sampling technique was purposive sampling and a total of samples were 136 mothers. Data were processed and analyzed by using a computer program with a chi-square test at a significance level of 95%. Overall, results of the statistical test showed that there were no significant associations between role and knowledge of the mothers and adequate nutritional status of their infants and toddlers at a p-value of 0.544> 0.05 and p-value of 0.749 > 0.05 respectively. Based on results of this study, more intensive nutrition intervention programs are necessary to prevent poor nutritional status of young children particularly for infant and toddler, conducting more active coordination in health cross-programs, and improving nutrition counseling programs and suitable health services for the concerned public.

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Section: Mother's Knowledgesupporting

confidence: 89%

Mother’s Role and Knowledge in Young Children Feeding Practices on the Nutritional Status of Infant and Toddler

Hasibuan¹,

Batubara²,

Suryani³

2019

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“…In line with our findings, several studies in Ethiopia have also reported high odds of under-nutrition among male under-five children 27 , 41 , 47 , 77 , an indication that male children are more vulnerable to these conditions. Likewise, a study in Indonesia reported that the prevalence was higher in boys compare to girls (32.6 vs.14.2%, 25.9 vs 9.4% and 27.0 vs 18.0%), respectively for undernutrition, stunting and wasting 78 . Evidence suggests that this gender-based health disparity may be due to men being more vulnerable than women to various infections 79 – 81 .…”

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confidence: 93%

Determinants of undernutrition among young children in Ethiopia

Sahiledengle

Mwanri

Petrucka

et al. 2022

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Ethiopia is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa with the highest burden of childhood undernutrition. Despite the high burden of this scourge, little is known about the magnitude and contributing determinants to anthropometric failure among children aged 0–23 months, a period regarded as the best window of opportunity for interventions against undernutrition. This study examined factors associated with undernutrition (stunting, wasting, and underweight) among Ethiopian children aged 0–23 months. This study used a total weighted sample of 2146 children aged 0–23 months from the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey. The data were cleaned and weighted using STATA version 14.0. Height-for-age (HFA), weight-for-height (WFH), and weight-for-age (WFA) z-scores < − 2 SD were calculated and classified as stunted, wasting, and underweight, respectively. Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models adjusted for cluster and survey weights were used. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were estimated. Statistical significance was declared at p < 0.05. The overall weighted prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight respectively were 27.21% [95% CI (25.32–29.18)], 7.80% [95% CI (6.71–9.03)], and 16.44% [95% CI (14.90–18.09)] among children aged 0–23 months in Ethiopia. Female children were less likely to be associated with stunting [AOR: 0.68, 95% CI (0.54–0.86)], wasting [AOR: 0.70, 95% CI (0.51, 0.98)], and underweight [AOR: 0.64, 95% CI (0.49, 0.83)] than their male counterparts. Conversely, older children aged 12–17 months [AOR: 2.22, 95% CI (1.52, 3.23)] and 18–23 months [AOR: 4.16, 95% CI (2.75, 6.27)] were significantly at an increased odds of becoming stunted. Similarly, the likelihood of being underweight was higher in older age groups: 6–11 months [AOR: 1.74, 95% CI (1.15, 2.63)], 12–17 months [AOR: 2.13, 95% CI (1.40, 3.24)], and 18–23 months [AOR: 4.08, 95% CI (2.58, 6.44)] compared with the children younger than 6 months. Lower wealth quintile was one of the other significant determinants of stunting and underweight. The study’s findings indicated that the most consistent significant risk factors for undernutrition among children aged 0–23 months are: male sex, older age groups and lower wealth quintile. These findings emphasize the importance of strengthening nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions that address the immediate and underlying drivers of childhood undernutrition in early life, as well as targeting low-income households with male children, in order for Ethiopia to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1,2 and 3 by 2030.

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“…21,22 Furthermore, the prevalence of severe wasting was slightly higher among the host communities in this study than was reported among the general underfive population. 22,23 Where higher rates of wasting were reported within and outside Nigeria, the studies were carried out in predominantly rural areas [24][25][26][27] whereas, in this study, the host communities were a mixture of urban, semi-urban and rural.…”

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confidence: 98%

Prevalence and risk factors of acute malnutrition among pre-school children in internally displaced person settlements within Abuja Municipal Area Council

Oyinwola¹,

Ahmed²,

Odusanya³

et al. 2022

Nig. J. Paed.

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Background: Malnutrition is pervasive among displaced populations worldwide. Adequate nutrition is essential to the growth and development of all children, particularly in the preschool age. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in four internally displaced person (IDP) settlements and their host communities within the Abuja municipal area council between April and May 2019. Using a multistage sampling method, subjects were recruited after parents’ informed consent, from the IDP settlements and equal numbers were drawn from their host communities. The proportion of acute malnutrition using weight for height, MUAC, BMI-for-age Z scores were compared to the 2006 WHO standards. Predictors were determined by logistic regression and statistical significance was set at p less than 0.05. Results: There were 1,179 children aged six to 59 months recruited in each group. The prevalence of wasting was 7.7% (91), moderate acute malnutrition was 7.2% (85), and severe acute malnutrition was 3.1% (37) among the IDPs while they were 7.1% (84), 6.5% (77) and 2.9% (34) respectively in the host communities. The predictors for wasting in both groups were age below 24months (Adj OR, 95% CI - 3.88, 2.38 - 6.32), low birth weight (Adj OR, 95% CI – 2.70, 1.55 – 4.71) and diarrheal disease (Adj OR, 95% CI - 5.45, 2.38 - 12.44). Location was predictive only in the host communities (Adj OR, 95% CI – 2.69, 1.37 – 5.28). Conclusion and recommendation: Acute malnutrition was high among the pre-school children in this study. The nutritional needs of displaced children in the FCT should be met and their families educated on prompt recognition and treatment of diarrhoea.

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Nutritional Status of Infants 0-23 Months of Age and its Relationship with Socioeconomic Factors in Pangkep

Cited by 10 publications

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Mother’s Role and Knowledge in Young Children Feeding Practices on the Nutritional Status of Infant and Toddler

Mother’s Role and Knowledge in Young Children Feeding Practices on the Nutritional Status of Infant and Toddler

Determinants of undernutrition among young children in Ethiopia

Prevalence and risk factors of acute malnutrition among pre-school children in internally displaced person settlements within Abuja Municipal Area Council

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