Differences in Factors Contributing to Child Undernutrition between Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Communities in Ethiopia

Moyeda-Carabaza, Ana Florencia; Murimi, Mary

Differences in Factors Contributing to Child Undernutrition between Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Communities in Ethiopia

2021

Moyeda-Carabaza, Ana Florencia | Murimi, Mary

This cross-sectional study compared factors associated with childhood undernutrition in a pastoral community (PC) and an agro-pastoral community (APC) in Ethiopia. Results showed that APC had lower rates of child wasting and underweight, milder levels of food insecurity, and better environmental sanitation and handwashing practices than PC. In PC, stunting was associated with severe food insecurity (p = .049), while underweight was associated with unimproved sources of drinking water and inadequate practices of purifying drinking water (p < .001). Policies to improve environmental sanitation and food security seem to be protective against child undernutrition.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

children ethiopia food insecurity food security hand washing hunger malnutrition nutrition pastoralism sanitation underweight

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition

Volume 16 Numéro 6 Pagination 862 - 878 ISSN 1932-0256

Editeur

Taylor & Francis

D'autres materias

Cross-sectional studies; Agro-pastoral; Wash; Child undernutrition; Pastoral; Childhood

Langue

anglais

Note

This work was supported by the Office of International Affairs at Texas Tech University; USAID Bureau for Food Security as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems [AID-OAA-L-15-00003-LSIL-01].

Type

Journal Article; Text

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DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2021.1938777

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