Caregivers' nutritional knowledge and attitudes mediate seasonal shifts in children's diets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15535658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Odhiambo Oduor (0000-0001-8082-6387, Healthy Diets from sustainable food Systems Initiative Bioversity International Nairobi Kenya, corresponding author), Julia Boedecker (0000-0002-1312-899X, Healthy Diets from sustainable food Systems Initiative Bioversity International Nairobi Kenya), Gina Kennedy (0000-0002-5232-2250, Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT), Dorothy Mituki‐Mungiria (0000-0001-8654-8760, Egerton University), Céline Termote (0000-0003-3217-0226, Healthy Diets from sustainable food Systems Initiative Bioversity International Nairobi Kenya) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e12633-e12633 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Maternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/mcn.12633 |
| PMID | 29968334 |
| OpenAlex | W2811259894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
Smallholder farmers dependent on rain-fed agriculture experience seasonal variations in food and nutrient availability occasioned by seasonality of production patterns. This results in periods of nutrient abundance in the plenty seasons followed closely by periods of nutrient inadequacies and malnutrition. This pattern contributes to a cycle of deteriorating health and nutrition status and deprives children of their ability to realize full developmental potential. This study investigates the role of caregiver's nutritional knowledge and attitudes in mediating effects of seasonality on children's diets. Repeated cross-sectional surveys were conducted on 151 randomly selected households in the plenty and lean seasons to collect dietary data using two non-consecutive quantitative 24-hr recalls and caregiver's nutritional knowledge and attitudes assessed using interviewer administered questionnaire. Sixty-five percent of the caregivers had attained a primary level education or less. There was a positive modest correlation between caregivers' nutritional knowledge and their attitudes (r = 0.3, P 2 = 0.034) but not attitudes had significant contribution to the prediction. Maternal nutritional knowledge mediates seasonal variation in child nutrient intakes
Biology · Environmental health · Malnutrition · Multilevel model · Nutrient · Seasonality · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Ecology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |