Maternal depression does not affect complementary feeding indicators or stunting status of young children (6-23 months) in Northern Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Maternal depression may affect child feeding practice which is an important determinant of child nutritional status. The objective of this study was to explore the association between maternal depression and WHO complementary feeding indicators [minimum dietary diversity (MDD), minimum meal frequency (MMF) and minimum acceptable diet (MAD)] or stunting status of children (6-23 months) in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana. A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out involving 200 mother-child pairs randomly sampled from three communities in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana.

Results

The prevalence of MDD, MMF, and MAD were 56.5, 65.0, and 44.0% respectively and 41.0% of the children sampled were stunted. A third of the mothers (33.5%) screened positive for depression. Mat

SUBMITTER: Wemakor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019211 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature