The effect of women's nutrition knowledge and empowerment on child nutrition outcomes in rural Ethiopia

Melesse, Mequanint B.

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“…Norms and factors linked with labour market opportunities guide sex preference towards male children (82). Giving birth to the preferred sex will likely give women more access to resources and decision-making (49). In our study, female children still showed less stunting and wasting than male children (83, 84).…”

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Breaking Barriers: How Women's Empowerment Affects Children's Nutrition Status – Further Analysis of the 2016 and 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Berde

Mengesha

Amare

2023

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Background: The issue of women and children is integral to the 17 SDGs adopted by all UN member states in 2015 and all dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development. But women's empowerment and children's nutritional status are challenges at different levels across the globe, especially in developing countries, including Ethiopia, making it essential to identify the characteristics of these children and their caregivers. Thus, the overarching objective of this study was to investigate how women's empowerment affects the nutritional status of children in Ethiopia. Methods: We used the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) and 2019 Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS) data to investigate how women's empowerment affects the nutritional status of children in Ethiopia. Stunting and wasting were the two indicators of a child's nutritional status. We tried to operationalize women's empowerment by three validated measures which comprised three latent domains from the survey: social and human assets, intrinsic agency, and instrumental agency. We used multivariate probit regression to find out the significant factors which influence the children’s health status. Results: The study found that improvements in women's empowerment were not significantly associated with a reduction in stunting and wasting in Ethiopia. But the study discovered that women's educational attainment and other variables significantly influenced their children's nutrition status. Conclusions: The insignificant direct association between women's empowerment and stunting or wasting in children in Ethiopia could be due to various factors, including the lack of standardized indexes for measuring women's empowerment, social desirability bias in survey responses, and missing data. However, it is still essential to consider and prioritize women's empowerment because it may indirectly contribute to reducing stunting and wasting in children by improving other underlying factors. Therefore, we recommend future research should carefully select women's empowerment indicators in context-specific ways, aggregate them meaningfully, and use appropriate statistical methods to account for desirability bias and related issues.

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“…As shown in Figure 1, having more bargaining power enables women to negotiate for access to resources for themselves and their children, which in turn helps improve their children's nutrition outcomes, as argued in (48,49). Malnutrition and women's disempowerment still remain signi cant challenges in developing countries like Ethiopia (50,51,52).…”

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Breaking Barriers: How Women's Empowerment Affects Children's Nutrition Status – Further Analysis of the 2016 and 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

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Mengesha

Amare

2023

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“…Other studies show demographic differences in nutrition knowledge, with lower SES, unemployment, and less education having lower knowledge scores [36]. Nutrition knowledge is especially important for women because it helps to protect their children from malnutrition or future over-nutrition [37]. The Mediterranean diet is is popular in countries such as Palestine.…”

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The relationship between nutrition literacy and nutrition information seeking attitudes and healthy eating patterns among a group of palestinians

2023

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Introduction Nutrition literacy is crucial because it gives people information and drives them to take responsibility for their eating habits. Prior research on three categories of nutrition literacy among Palestinians was lacking: functional literacy (FNL), interactive literacy (INL), and critical literacy (CNL). Aims (1) Describe three types of nutrition literacy—FNL, INL, and CNL—among a group of Palestinians was one of the study’s primary objectives. (2) To investigate the connections between various nutrition literacy levels, eating habits, and the habit of seeking out nutrition-related information. Methods 149 Palestinians were chosen at random to take part in the study in the fall of 2020. Data on sociodemographic variables were gathered through an online survey that was disseminated across social and educational internet sites. Nutrition literacy data was gathered using a translated questionnaire, while diet behavior data was gathered using the Short Format of the Diet Health and Knowledge Survey (SFDHKS). The data were examined using SPSS 21. Results This study included young people (20.4 ± 4.9 years old), 78% of whom were female. The majorities of participants had bachelor’s degrees or were already enrolled in school to obtain them. FNL had a mean of 2.8 ± 0.5, INL of 3.3 ± 0.5, and CNL of 3.6 ± 0.5. The connection between CNL and INL was significant (p 0.05). Significant correlations were found between many aspects of diet behavior, the usage of food labels, and nutrition literacy. Conclusion Participants from the Palestinian community are willing to learn about and comprehend nutrition facts and how it relates to diet behavior in 2021.

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“…Empowerment of women and their families increases their ability in knowledge and practice related to children outcomes especially in weigh, height and developmental score Empowerment given to women is proven to provide long-term benefits on nutritional status so that it can prevent stunting (Melesse, 2021). In addition, the feeding practice is one of the contributing factors to malnutrition, one of which is stunting.…”

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Community Empowerment with Stunting Risk Factors Based on Home visit Approach: Scoping Review

Aprillia

Astuti

Fatimah

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Background: Stunting is one of the health problems of children in the world, including Indonesia. Empowerment is the encouragement of knowledge and the role of individuals in opportunities, participation, and increasing access to health to improve the quality of life. Purpose: This study aims to find scientific evidence related to community empowerment with risk factors for stunting through a home visit approach. Methods: The literature search from 3 databases, Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Wiley Online Library and also using grey literature from Google Scholar, the inclusion criteria is primary articles from 2017-2022, articles in English and original articles on the topic Community Empowerment with Stunting Risk Factors through the Home visit Approach. This study used the Joanna Bridge Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of articles. Results: The first 1711 articles obtained then selected into 7 articles that were eligible used a qualitative and mixed methods research design. Mapping the themes and Sub themes obtained from the analysis of the article is the first themes pattern of parenting of subthemes feeding practice, and second themes is socio-demographic aspects of subthemes knowledge, mother’s autonomy in decision making, socio economics, clean water sanitation and disposal. Conclusion: Targeted community empowerment is expected to reduce the factors that influence the incidence of stunting such as parenting through feeding and sociodemographic aspects which are strongly influenced by knowledge, the mother’s autonomy in decision making, social economy, and environmental sanitation factors. The existence of community empowerment with stunting risk factors aims to increase opportunities, participation, and access to health services.

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The effect of women's nutrition knowledge and empowerment on child nutrition outcomes in rural Ethiopia

Cited by 20 publications

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Breaking Barriers: How Women's Empowerment Affects Children's Nutrition Status – Further Analysis of the 2016 and 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Breaking Barriers: How Women's Empowerment Affects Children's Nutrition Status – Further Analysis of the 2016 and 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

The relationship between nutrition literacy and nutrition information seeking attitudes and healthy eating patterns among a group of palestinians

Community Empowerment with Stunting Risk Factors Based on Home visit Approach: Scoping Review

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