Impact of Living Conditions On Child Development Pathways: Feeding and Growth Patterns for Young Children Aged below Six Year: a Retrospective Cohort Study of Lusaka Urban, Zambia - Softcover

Mbilima, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3844387471 ISBN 13: 9783844387476

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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The proliferation of institutional care for children makes it increasingly imperative to understand the exact nature of services that these facilities provide and the impact they have on children. Although cyclically embraced as a promising alternative for children in foster care, there has been growing concern about its impact on children, especially the young ones below the age of six years. This study determined the impact of living conditions on infant feeding and growth patterns for such young children in Lusaka Urban. Evidence from the study sampled of 280 young children showed that the impact of living conditions on child survival prospects was only significantly associated with one out of the five child development outcomes investigated, namely: child feeding pattern for the first six months of life. Young children who were under residential care were more likely to be appropriately fed than those who were home-based (RR = 0.80, 95 % CI 0.66, 0.96). In essence,intensification of feeding counseling and integrated growth monitoring promotion were required for caregivers under both modes of care, but more so for children who were home-based.

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Francis, un profesional del desarrollo internacional, ha trabajado en diversas capacidades en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas en Zambia, Etiopía y Nueva York. Sus áreas específicas de compromiso incluyen el apoyo a la gestión de programas, la pobreza y el VIH con el PNUD y la asistencia humanitaria con el Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas. Francis tiene dos maestrías y una licenciatura.

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• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3844387471
• ISBN 13: 9783844387476
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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