Women’s autonomy and social support and their associations with infant and young child feeding and nutritional status
Community-based survey in rural Nicaragua
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15097231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shirin Ziaei (0000-0001-5396-6624, Uppsala University Hospital, corresponding author), Mariela Contreras (0000-0002-6376-2219, Uppsala University Hospital), Elmer Zelaya Blandón (Fundación para la Educación y el Desarrollo Social), Lars Ake Persson (0000-0003-0710-7954, Uppsala University Hospital), Lars-Åke Persson, Anders Hjern (0000-0002-1645-2058, Centre for Health Equity Studies), Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Eva‐Charlotte Ekström (0000-0001-5464-7756, Uppsala University Hospital) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1979-1990 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980014002468 |
| PMID | 25409706 |
| OpenAlex | W2082670254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 24 |
Objective To evaluate the associations of women’s autonomy and social support with infant and young child feeding practices (including consumption of highly processed snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages) and nutritional status in rural Nicaragua. Design Cross-sectional study. Feeding practices and children’s nutritional status were evaluated according to the WHO guidelines complemented with information on highly processed snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages. Women’s autonomy was assessed by a seventeen-item questionnaire covering dimensions of financial independence, household-, child-, reproductive and health-related decision making and freedom of movement. Women’s social support was determined using the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. The scores attained were categorized into tertiles. Setting Los Cuatro Santos area, rural Nicaragua. Subjects A total of 1371 children 0–35 months of age. Results Children of women with the lowest autonomy were more likely to be exclusively breast-fed and continue to be breast-fed, while children of women with middle level of autonomy had better complementary feeding practices. Children of women with the lowest social support were more likely to consume highly processed snacks and/or sugar-sweetened beverages but also be taller. Conclusions While lower levels of autonomy and social support were independently associated with some favourable feeding and nutrition outcomes, this may not indicate a causal relationship but rather that these factors reflect other matters of importance for child care
Autonomy · Breast feeding · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Political science · Rural area · Social support · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology · Pediatrics
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Counting on Kin
| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |