ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2016
The influence of father's child feeding knowledge and practices on children's dietary diversity: a study in urban and rural districts of Northern Ethiopia, 2013.
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- Implementation characteristics of father-inclusive interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Pooled it
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- Development and validation of a measure for father involvement during early childhood in a resource-limited context.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Behaviour change communication to improve complementary feeding practices in Ethiopia: Couples' beliefs concerning paternal involvement in childcare.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Trial
- Engaging fathers to support child nutrition increases frequency of children's animal source food consumption in Rwanda.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Men's nutrition knowledge is important for women's and children's nutrition in Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Trial
- Fathers' involvement in child feeding and associated factors among fathers of children aged 6-24 months in Chena District, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors Among Children in the Tahtay Maichew District, Northern Ethiopia.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Maternal Mental Health and Child Dietary Diversity in Rural Kenya: Findings From a Pooled Analysis of 2 Baseline Studies.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Factors affecting behaviors during complementary feeding in infants and children aged 6-24 months.PloS one · 2025Article
- Implementing a multilevel, multicomponent intervention to engage fathers in complementary feeding in Northern Nigeria: Perceptions of deliverers and recipients.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and determinants of unhealthy feeding practices among young children aged 6-23 months in five sub-Saharan African countries.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effect of male partners' involvement and support on reproductive, maternal and child health and well-being in East Africa: A scoping review.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Father involvement is a protective factor for maternal mental health in Western Kenya.SSM. Mental health · 2024Article
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- Fathers Nutrition Knowledge and Child Feeding Practices Associated with Childhood Overweight and Obesity: A Scoping Review of Literature From 2000 to 2023.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Attitudes, beliefs and social norms regarding infant and young child feeding among Nigerian mothers, fathers and grandmothers across time.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Unhealthy food consumption and its associated factors among infants and young children in Gondar city, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Fathers' involvement in complementary feeding of children in Damot Woyde District, South Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Exploration on Perceived Socio-Cultural Factors Contributing to Undernutrition Among Under-Fives in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.International journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Infant and young child feeding has been recognised as an essential element to improve growth of children, especially in developing countries where malnutrition among children and its dire consequences are very prevalent. However, little attention has been paid on the influence of fathers on child feeding practices, although fathers are very important in raising well-adjusted, happy and successful children. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the influence of fathers' child feeding knowledge and practice on children's dietary diversity. A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among 850 eligible urban and rural households with children of 6-23 months. The father and mother of the child were interviewed on children's dietary diversity and fathers' knowledge and practice of child feeding. Nearly half (46%) of the children in the rural district did not meet the minimum dietary diversity, and in the urban district, the rate was even worse (72%). Grains were the common food group given to the children in both districts, whereas flesh food was the least commonly consumed food group. Additionally, low vitamin A-rich food and other fruit and vegetable consumption seem to be a problem in both districts. Almost all dimensions of fathers' knowledge and practice were significantly related to children's minimum dietary diversity; especially, fathers' knowledge of food groups was an important predictor (P-value < 0.001) in both districts. Interventions that focus on the fathers' knowledge of child feeding, especially about food groups, are recommended to improve children's dietary diversity in the study communities.
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