Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra
This study uses data from a representative survey of households with preschoolers in Accra, Ghana to (1) examine the importance of care practices for children’s height-for-age z-scores (HAZ); and (2) identify subgroups of children for whom good maternal care practices may be particularly important....
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| author | Ruel, Marie T. Levin, Carol E. Armar-Klemesu, Margaret Maxwell, Daniel G. Morris, Saul Sutkover |
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| description | This study uses data from a representative survey of households with preschoolers in Accra, Ghana to (1) examine the importance of care practices for children’s height-for-age z-scores (HAZ); and (2) identify subgroups of children for whom good maternal care practices may be particularly important. Good caregiving practices related to child feeding and use of preventive health services were a strong determinant of children’s HAZ, specially among children from the two lower income terciles and children of children’s HAZ, specially among children from the two lower income terciles and children whose mothers had less than secondary schooling. In this population, good care practices could compensate for the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children’s HAZ. Thus, effective targeting of specific education messages to improve child feeding practices and use of preventive health care could have a major impact on reducing childhood malnutrition in Accra. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1613062025-11-06T05:41:53Z Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra Ruel, Marie T. Levin, Carol E. Armar-Klemesu, Margaret Maxwell, Daniel G. Morris, Saul Sutkover health services child care child feeding poverty livelihoods This study uses data from a representative survey of households with preschoolers in Accra, Ghana to (1) examine the importance of care practices for children’s height-for-age z-scores (HAZ); and (2) identify subgroups of children for whom good maternal care practices may be particularly important. Good caregiving practices related to child feeding and use of preventive health services were a strong determinant of children’s HAZ, specially among children from the two lower income terciles and children of children’s HAZ, specially among children from the two lower income terciles and children whose mothers had less than secondary schooling. In this population, good care practices could compensate for the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children’s HAZ. Thus, effective targeting of specific education messages to improve child feeding practices and use of preventive health care could have a major impact on reducing childhood malnutrition in Accra. 1999 2024-11-21T09:54:48Z 2024-11-21T09:54:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161306 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ruel, Marie T.; Levin, Carol E.; Armar-Klemesu, Margaret; Maxwell, Daniel G.; Morris, Saul Sutkover. 1999. Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status;evidence from Accra. FCND Discussion Paper 62. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161306 |
| spellingShingle | health services child care child feeding poverty livelihoods Ruel, Marie T. Levin, Carol E. Armar-Klemesu, Margaret Maxwell, Daniel G. Morris, Saul Sutkover Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra |
| title | Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra |
| title_full | Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra |
| title_fullStr | Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra |
| title_full_unstemmed | Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra |
| title_short | Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status: evidence from Accra |
| title_sort | good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children s nutritional status evidence from accra |
| topic | health services child care child feeding poverty livelihoods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161306 |
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