Socio-Economic Covariates of Micronutrients Supplementation and Deworming among Children in Ghana

Immurana, Mustapha; Arabi, U

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“…The negative association between education on hand, and open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households on another hand is not farfetched because, education can make individuals better understand the health benefits of not defecating in open places as well as sharing toilet facilities. In fact, education has been revealed to be associated with the utilisation of health enhancing inputs [31][32][33][34][35]. Moreover, individuals with educational qualifications are more likely to earn higher [36], hence making them more capable of affording toilet facilities for their households.…”

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The effect of financial inclusion on open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana

Immurana

Kisseih²,

Yusif

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Globally, and in Ghana, a lot of people do practice open defecation as well as share toilet facilities with other households. Meanwhile, open defecation in particular, is associated with numerous negative health and economic effects. To this end, a number of empirical studies have been conducted on the determinants of access to sanitation facilities among households in Ghana. Nonetheless, while financial inclusion (sustainable ways of ensuring easier accessibility to cheap and useful financial products and services among individuals/firms) can enhance the ability of households or individuals to afford toilet facilities, hence, could help in curbing open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households, the previous studies on Ghana did not pay attention to it. This study therefore uses data from the 7th round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS7) to examine the association of financial inclusion with open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana. The binary logit regression is used as the empirical estimation technique. The results show that, financial inclusion in general is associated with lesser likelihood of open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana after controlling for welfare quintile, urban or rural residence and other covariates. Moreover, while informal financial inclusion is statistically insignificant, formal financial inclusion is found to be associated with reduced open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households. Thus, in the attempt to eliminate open defecation as well as reduce the sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana, conscious efforts should be devoted towards enhancing formal financial inclusion.

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The effect of financial inclusion on open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana

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Kisseih²,

Yusif

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“…This finding was supported by a study done in Ghana, which revealed that employed mothers were more likely to utilize deworming for their children relative to unemployed mothers. 20 The employment rate might depend on education 23 and exposure to the importance of supplements. 24 In addition, this study also revealed that paternal education is found to be negatively associated with childhood deworming, unlike other studies in which paternal education status is supportive for child healthcare practices.…”

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“…This finding was in line with a study conducted in Ghana. 20 This could be as mothers' educational level increases her knowledge and practice towards child healthcare practice will be improved. 21,22 This study showed that children whose mothers were employed at the time of the survey were 30% more likely to receive deworming than their counterparts.…”

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Deworming Coverage and its Predictors among Ethiopian Children Aged 24 to 59 Months: Further Analysis of EDHS 2016 Data Set

Mulaw

Feleke

Ahmed

et al. 2021

Global Pediatric Health

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Intestinal parasitic infections are the major public health problem globally, mostly in developing countries. World Health Organization recommends deworming to all at-risk people living in endemic areas as a prevention or intervention strategy. Therefore this study aimed to assess the deworming coverage and its predictors among Ethiopian children aged 24-59 months. The study analyzed retrospectively cross-sectional data on a weighted sample of 5,948 children aged 24-59 months nested within 645 clusters after extracting from the Ethiopian Demographic health survey. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression was employed to assess the association of variables. Predictors at p-value < 0.25 were entered into the multivariable logistic regression model, and statistical significance was declared at P-value < 0.05. In this study, the prevalence of maternal reported deworming supplements among children aged 24-59 months was 15.1%. Predictive variables significantly associated with deworming supplementation include maternal media exposure, maternal control of household healthcare decisions, institutional healthcare delivery, and child vitamin-A supplementation. Having history of a diarrheal disease, maternal and paternal education, and family size were also statistically significant predictors of deworming supplements. Therefore, deworming supplementation among children is low. Maternal education and employment, paternal education, family size, decision-making process, maternal media exposure, place of delivery, vitamin-A supplementation, and a having history of diarrhea were predictors of deworming supplements. Multifaceted interventions aimed at those predictors should be given emphasis.

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“…This may explain why in the present study, children cared for by Islam-affiliated caregivers were more likely to be supplemented and dewormed - implying dispelling religious-based misconceptions is warranted. The higher likelihood of children from Muslim household to receive health services vis a vis those from Christian households was however not demonstrated in a Ghanaian study [22].…”

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Programmatic implications of some vitamin A supplementation and deworming determinants among children aged 6-59 months in resource-poor rural Kenya

Oiye

Safari²,

Anyango³

et al. 2019

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction Controlling vitamin A deficiency and soil-transmitted helminth infections are public health imperatives. We aimed at revealing some caregiver and child-related determinants of uptake of vitamin A supplementation and deworming, and examine their programmatic implications in Kenyan context. Methods A cross-sectional study of randomly selected 1,177 households with infants and young children aged 6-59 months in three of the 47 counties of Kenya. The number of times a child was given vitamin A supplements and dewormed 6 months and one year preceding the study was extracted from mother-child health books. Results Coverage for age-specific deworming was considerably depressed compared to corresponding vitamin A supplementation and for both services, twice-yearly provisions were disproportionately lower than half-yearly. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed relatively younger children, of Islam-affiliated caregivers (vis a vis Christians) and those who took less time to nearest health facilities as more likely to be supplemented with vitamin A. Similar observations were made for deworming where additionally, maternal and child ages were also determinants in favour of older groups. Other studied factors were not significant determinants. Programmatic allusions of the determining factors were discussed. Conclusion Key to improving uptake of vitamin A supplementation and deworming among Kenyan 6-59 months olds are: increasing access to functional health facilities, expanding outreaches and campaigns, dispelling faith-related misconceptions and probably modulating caregiver and child age effects by complementing nutrition literacy with robust and innovative caregiver reminders. Given analogous service points and scheduling, relative lower uptake of deworming warrants further investigations.

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Socio-Economic Covariates of Micronutrients Supplementation and Deworming among Children in Ghana

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The effect of financial inclusion on open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana

The effect of financial inclusion on open defecation and sharing of toilet facilities among households in Ghana

Deworming Coverage and its Predictors among Ethiopian Children Aged 24 to 59 Months: Further Analysis of EDHS 2016 Data Set

Programmatic implications of some vitamin A supplementation and deworming determinants among children aged 6-59 months in resource-poor rural Kenya

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