Titre du document / Document title
Hygiene
and health-seeking behaviours of households as predictors of
nutritional insecurity among preschool children in urban slums in
Ethiopia: the case of Addis Ababa
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
ABATE Gugsa (1) ;
KOGI-MAKAU Wambui (1) ;
MUROKI Nelson M. (1) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Applied Nutrition Programme, University of Nairobi, KENYA
Résumé / Abstract
The
objective of the study was to establish hygiene and health-seeking
practices most likely to be predictors of nutritional insecurity among
children living in slums. A cross-sectional study was conducted from
March to May 1997 comparing 192 households with and 192 without
malnourished children. All the households with children in the 3 -
36-month age group were identified. Using underweight (weight-for-age)
as an indicator of nutritional insecurity, the households were
classified into two groups, namely nutritionally secure and insecure
households Subsequently, sampling frames for each set of households were
established and used to select the study households randomly. Four
slums in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, constituted the study sites. The results
indicated that there was not a significant difference between secure
and insecure households with regard to prevalence of immunisation and
dietary (food withholding) habits during episodes of diarrhoea. After
adjusting (by means of logistical regression) for covariates, six
household behaviours were established as having the power to predict
exposure to childhood natritional insecurity in urban slums of Ethiopia.
The presence of children's faeces inside the house, failure to have
diarrhoea treated at a health facility, prolonged storage of cooked
foods (beyond 24 hours), feeding children with unwashed hands, and poor
handling of drinking water and foods are risk factors that can predict
nutritional insecurity. Advice with a view to achieving sustainable
behaviour change in households, namely good personal and household
hygiene practices and increased utilisation of health facilities is
recommended as being essential in addressing challenges to nutritional
insecurity and in optimising the success of public health programmes.
Revue / Journal Title
The South African journal of clinical nutrition
ISSN
1607-0658
Source / Source
2001, vol. 14, n
o2, pp. 56-61 (34 ref.)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Health and Medical Publishing Group, Pinelands, AFRIQUE DU SUD
(1998)
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 4357 S1, 35400009834988.0020
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 14063425
