ArticleBMC nutrition2019
Infant and young child nutritional status and their caregivers' feeding knowledge and hygiene practices in internally displaced person camps, Somalia.
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- Effects of Nutrition Counselling and Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Growth and Family Food Security in Internally Displaced Person Camps in Somalia-A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Determinants of Vitamin A Consumption Among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Somalia: A Multilevel Analysis of SDHS 2020.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- "A child with severe pneumonia cannot feed, causing malnutrition": exploring health worker and caregiver perspectives and practices for mitigating malnutrition among children with severe pneumonia, a case of Uganda.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Strategies to promote uptake and sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) interventions in basic education institutions in conflict settings: a scoping review of the Horn of Africa.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Nutritional Challenges among African Refugee and Internally Displaced Children: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Risk factors for severe acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months: A community-based case-control study from Vellore, Southern India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Effect of Mother's Nutritional Knowledge and Hygiene Practices on School-Going Adolescents Living in Dhaka City of Bangladesh.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn an attempt to design an educational programme targeting caregivers of children aged 6 to 59 months in internally displaced persons camps in Somalia, the objective of this study was twofold. First, to explore the nutritional situation of all children aged 6-59 months enrolled in a nutrition programme provided by Save the Children in 2017 in internally displaced persons camps. Second, to identify gaps in the caregivers' hygiene and feeding practices.
methodsIn a study of 1655 households, 1655 caregivers for 2370 children aged 6 to 59 months enrolled in a nutrition programme provided by Save the Children answered an adapted questionnaire on hygiene and feeding practices. At the same time, based on standard criteria in the questionnaire, naturalistic observations of caregivers' hygiene practices were conducted. Every child in the study was measured with anthropometric Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference measurements for the classification of Moderate Acute Malnutrition, Severe Acute Malnutrition and Global Acute Malnutrition. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
results1) There was Severe (12.1%) and Global Acute (19.9%) Malnutrition among children included in the nutrition programme, more frequently in the 6-24 month age group compared to the 25-59 month age group (
conclusionChild malnutrition might derive from gaps in the caregiver's knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding hygiene and infant feeding. An awareness of these gaps can be helpful in designing future educational programmes that target caregivers, particularly in at-risk population groups.
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