ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Maternal Employment Status and Minimum Meal Frequency in Children 6-23 Months in Tanzania.
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- The health consequences of informal employment among female workers and their children: a systematic review.Globalization and health · 2023Pooled it
- Minimum meal frequency and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the demographic and health survey data.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Minimum meal frequency practice and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months old in The Gambia: a multilevel mixed effect analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Impact of a Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention in the Lake Zone Region of Tanzania on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Stunting Prevention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association between mother's work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020).Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- The relationship between maternal employment and stunting among 6-59 months old children in Gurage Zone Southern Nation Nationality People's region, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Socio-economic status and the double burden of malnutrition in Cambodia between 2000 and 2014: overweight mothers and stunted children.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Minimum Meal Frequency Practice and Its Associated Factors among Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Global pediatric health · 2021Review
- A Review of Selected Studies on the Factors Associated with the Nutrition Status of Children Under the Age of Five Years in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
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Abstract
As women in developing world settings gain access to formal work sectors, it is important to understand how such changes might influence child nutrition. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between maternal employment status and minimum meal frequency (MMF) among children in Tanzania. Interviews were conducted with 5000 mothers of children ages 0⁻23 months. The questionnaire used in these interviews was developed by adopting questions from Tanzania's latest Demographic and Health Survey (2015⁻2016) where possible and creating additional questions needed for programmatic baseline measurements. MMF was used as proxy for child nutrition. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify associations between employment status and parenting practices of Tanzanian mothers and MMF of their children. After adjusting for confounders, informal maternal employment [OR = 0.58], lack of financial autonomy [OR = 0.57] and bringing the child with them when working away from home [OR = 0.59] were negatively associated with meeting MMF. Payment in cash [OR = 1.89], carrying food for the child [OR = 1.34] and leaving food at home for the child [OR = 2.52] were positively associated with meeting MMF. Informal maternal employment was found to be negatively associated with meeting MMF among Tanzanian children. However, behaviors such as bringing or leaving prepared food, fiscal autonomy and payment in cash showed significant positive associations. These findings could help direct future programs to reduce child stunting.
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