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Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania
As women in developing world settings gain access to formal work sectors, it is important to understand how such changes might influence child nutrition. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between maternal employment status and minimum meal frequency (MMF) among children in Tan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30934891 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071137 |
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author | Manzione, Lauren C. Kriser, Heidi Gamboa, Emily G. Hanson, Curtis M. Mulokozi, Generose Mwaipape, Osiah Hoj, Taylor H. Linehan, Mary Torres, Scott Hall, P. Cougar West, Josh H. Crookston, Benjamin T. |
author_facet | Manzione, Lauren C. Kriser, Heidi Gamboa, Emily G. Hanson, Curtis M. Mulokozi, Generose Mwaipape, Osiah Hoj, Taylor H. Linehan, Mary Torres, Scott Hall, P. Cougar West, Josh H. Crookston, Benjamin T. |
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description | As women in developing world settings gain access to formal work sectors, it is important to understand how such changes might influence child nutrition. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between maternal employment status and minimum meal frequency (MMF) among children in Tanzania. Interviews were conducted with 5000 mothers of children ages 0–23 months. The questionnaire used in these interviews was developed by adopting questions from Tanzania’s latest Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016) where possible and creating additional questions needed for programmatic baseline measurements. MMF was used as proxy for child nutrition. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify associations between employment status and parenting practices of Tanzanian mothers and MMF of their children. After adjusting for confounders, informal maternal employment [OR = 0.58], lack of financial autonomy [OR = 0.57] and bringing the child with them when working away from home [OR = 0.59] were negatively associated with meeting MMF. Payment in cash [OR = 1.89], carrying food for the child [OR = 1.34] and leaving food at home for the child [OR = 2.52] were positively associated with meeting MMF. Informal maternal employment was found to be negatively associated with meeting MMF among Tanzanian children. However, behaviors such as bringing or leaving prepared food, fiscal autonomy and payment in cash showed significant positive associations. These findings could help direct future programs to reduce child stunting. |
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spelling | pubmed-64804522019-04-29 Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania Manzione, Lauren C. Kriser, Heidi Gamboa, Emily G. Hanson, Curtis M. Mulokozi, Generose Mwaipape, Osiah Hoj, Taylor H. Linehan, Mary Torres, Scott Hall, P. Cougar West, Josh H. Crookston, Benjamin T. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article As women in developing world settings gain access to formal work sectors, it is important to understand how such changes might influence child nutrition. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between maternal employment status and minimum meal frequency (MMF) among children in Tanzania. Interviews were conducted with 5000 mothers of children ages 0–23 months. The questionnaire used in these interviews was developed by adopting questions from Tanzania’s latest Demographic and Health Survey (2015–2016) where possible and creating additional questions needed for programmatic baseline measurements. MMF was used as proxy for child nutrition. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify associations between employment status and parenting practices of Tanzanian mothers and MMF of their children. After adjusting for confounders, informal maternal employment [OR = 0.58], lack of financial autonomy [OR = 0.57] and bringing the child with them when working away from home [OR = 0.59] were negatively associated with meeting MMF. Payment in cash [OR = 1.89], carrying food for the child [OR = 1.34] and leaving food at home for the child [OR = 2.52] were positively associated with meeting MMF. Informal maternal employment was found to be negatively associated with meeting MMF among Tanzanian children. However, behaviors such as bringing or leaving prepared food, fiscal autonomy and payment in cash showed significant positive associations. These findings could help direct future programs to reduce child stunting. MDPI 2019-03-29 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6480452/ /pubmed/30934891 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071137 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Manzione, Lauren C. Kriser, Heidi Gamboa, Emily G. Hanson, Curtis M. Mulokozi, Generose Mwaipape, Osiah Hoj, Taylor H. Linehan, Mary Torres, Scott Hall, P. Cougar West, Josh H. Crookston, Benjamin T. Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania |
title | Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania |
title_full | Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania |
title_fullStr | Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania |
title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania |
title_short | Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania |
title_sort | maternal employment status and minimum meal frequency in children 6-23 months in tanzania |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30934891 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071137 |
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