Maternal Characteristics Mediating the Impact of Household Poverty on the Nutritional Status of Children Under 5 Years of Age in Bangladesh.
Food Nutr Bull
; 42(3): 389-398, 2021 09.
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| ID: mdl-34058896
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We explored the maternal characteristics that mediate the effect of household poverty on childhood undernutrition.METHODS:
We used the population-based Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey data from 2014 for demographic characteristics, child and maternal factors.RESULTS:
Of the 7173 under-5 children, 3456 (48.2%) had undernutrition. The prevalence of undernutrition was less common in wealthy households (poorest vs richest adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 1.37), mothers having history of antenatal care (ANC) visits (no visit vs ≥ 4 visits aPR = 1.22), maternal higher education (no education vs higher education aPR = 1.54), and mothers with good nutritional status (underweight vs healthy aPR = 1.13). The risk of undernutrition (37.1%) was attributed to household wealth, mediated 55% by maternal factors; of which 20% by maternal education, 21% by ANC visits, and 14% by maternal nutritional status.CONCLUSIONS:
Our study findings outlined higher maternal education, ≥ 4 ANC visits and good maternal nutritional status in mediating the impact of household wealth on childhood nutrition.Palabras clave
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estado Nutricional
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Desnutrición
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Food Nutr Bull
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Bangladesh