Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana
ObjectiveIn many developing countries, most children cannot meet minimum dietary diversity (MDD), defined as the consumption of four or more of the seven food groups. In Ghana, only 35% of children met MDD nationwide in 2017, but rates are worse among the rural poor and resource-constrained individu...
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| author | Adwoa Nyantakyiwaa Amoah Angelina Opoku Danquah Traore Seydou Stanislav Emmanuel Kwateng Drokow Bo Yacong Ling Wang Quanjun Lyu |
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| description | ObjectiveIn many developing countries, most children cannot meet minimum dietary diversity (MDD), defined as the consumption of four or more of the seven food groups. In Ghana, only 35% of children met MDD nationwide in 2017, but rates are worse among the rural poor and resource-constrained individuals like Head Porters (HPs). The current study investigated the correlates of MDD in children of HPs aged 6–23 months old in Ghana.Methods and materialsA cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2021 among 423 HPs selected purposively from eight market centers in two commercial cities. A multi-stage sampling method was used in obtaining the sample, while a structured interview guide was used to collect data from the caregivers. Stata version 15.1 and descriptive and inferential statistics like frequency, percentage, chi-square and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. All results were deemed significant if the p-value was < 0.05 and the odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval.ResultsThe children had a mean age of 14.3 (±4.9) months, while half of the caregivers (48.2%) were between 15 and 25 years. Approximately 59% (251) had good knowledge of infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF). About 45% of the children consumed a diversified diet. The number of postnatal care (PNC) visits, delivery in a health facility, meeting minimum meal frequency (MMF), and the child's age was independently associated with MDD at the multivariate level.ConclusionOver a third of the caregivers had poor knowledge of IYCF practices. Furthermore, less than half of the children achieved MDD reflecting the need for more education by the stakeholders. Regular PNC visits and delivery in health facilities were independently associated with MDD; therefore, interventions to combat low MDD should prioritize the relevance of these predictors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64dc0e03a3cc427298d5437c10c86d662022-12-22T03:57:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-11-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.10202651020265Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in GhanaAdwoa Nyantakyiwaa Amoah0Angelina Opoku Danquah1Traore Seydou Stanislav2Emmanuel Kwateng Drokow3Bo Yacong4Ling Wang5Quanjun Lyu6School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaDepartment of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaSchool of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaFaculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, Macao SAR, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, ChinaObjectiveIn many developing countries, most children cannot meet minimum dietary diversity (MDD), defined as the consumption of four or more of the seven food groups. In Ghana, only 35% of children met MDD nationwide in 2017, but rates are worse among the rural poor and resource-constrained individuals like Head Porters (HPs). The current study investigated the correlates of MDD in children of HPs aged 6–23 months old in Ghana.Methods and materialsA cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2021 among 423 HPs selected purposively from eight market centers in two commercial cities. A multi-stage sampling method was used in obtaining the sample, while a structured interview guide was used to collect data from the caregivers. Stata version 15.1 and descriptive and inferential statistics like frequency, percentage, chi-square and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. All results were deemed significant if the p-value was < 0.05 and the odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval.ResultsThe children had a mean age of 14.3 (±4.9) months, while half of the caregivers (48.2%) were between 15 and 25 years. Approximately 59% (251) had good knowledge of infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF). About 45% of the children consumed a diversified diet. The number of postnatal care (PNC) visits, delivery in a health facility, meeting minimum meal frequency (MMF), and the child's age was independently associated with MDD at the multivariate level.ConclusionOver a third of the caregivers had poor knowledge of IYCF practices. Furthermore, less than half of the children achieved MDD reflecting the need for more education by the stakeholders. Regular PNC visits and delivery in health facilities were independently associated with MDD; therefore, interventions to combat low MDD should prioritize the relevance of these predictors.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1020265/fullminimum dietary diversityknowledgecaregivershead porterschildren |
| spellingShingle | Adwoa Nyantakyiwaa Amoah Angelina Opoku Danquah Traore Seydou Stanislav Emmanuel Kwateng Drokow Bo Yacong Ling Wang Quanjun Lyu Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana Frontiers in Public Health minimum dietary diversity knowledge caregivers head porters children |
| title | Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana |
| title_full | Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana |
| title_short | Correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months of head porters in Ghana |
| title_sort | correlates of dietary diversity among children aged 6 23 months of head porters in ghana |
| topic | minimum dietary diversity knowledge caregivers head porters children |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1020265/full |
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