Maternal autonomy but not social support is a predictor of child feeding indicators in the Northern Region, Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child malnutrition may be mediated by poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. This study sought to explore if maternal social support or autonomy was related to IYCF indicators in Northern Region, Ghana.

Methods

An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with 395 randomly sampled mother-child pairs from 8 health facilities. Data were collected on socio-demographic characteristics, social support and autonomy statuses of mothers, and dietary intake and anthropometry of children. Maternal social support and autonomy statuses were derived and classified into tertiles and IYCF and child growth indicators were derived based on WHO protocol. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association of maternal social support and autonomy stat

SUBMITTER: Wemakor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9673434 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature