Big Sister, Big Brother: A Mixed Methods Study on Older Siblings’ Role in Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care in Rural Tanzania (P10-020-19)

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Objectives

Nutrition interventions to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and care in developing countries usually target mothers, while critical roles of other family members, particularly older siblings, are not well known. As part of the Engaging Fathers for Effective Child Nutrition and Development in Tanzania (EFFECTS) cluster-randomized trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03759821), we examined the roles of older children and adolescents in IYCF and care in rural Tanzania to develop and administer informed quantitative questionnaires on IYCF and care by older siblings.

Methods

Twelve mothers, 12 fathers, 4 grandmothers, and 4 older siblings (7–17 years of age) were purposively sampled for qualitative interviews conducted July-August 2018. Open-ended que

SUBMITTER: Boncyk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6574354 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature