dc.contributor.author | Mwanthi, Mutuku A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Opiyo, Rose | |
dc.contributor.author | Ashrorr, Rebecca | |
dc.contributor.author | McCaimont, Kate | |
dc.contributor.author | Rohan-Minjares, Felisha | |
dc.contributor.author | Iornedi, Angelo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-25T08:05:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Public Healtb Nutrition: 15(4), 749-756 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11075 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=opiyo+r | |
dc.description | Feasibility and effectiveness of supplementation with locally available foods in prevention of child malnutrition in Kenya | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To establish the operational feasibility and effectiveness of using locally available foods to prevent malnutrition and improve child growth in Kenyan children. Design: Quasi-experimental design with an intervention group of children in all villages in one region and a non-intervention group of children in all villages in an adjacent region. The intervention was the distribution of a monthly food ration for the index child, a separate family ration, and group education on appropriate complementary feeding and hygiene.
Setting: Rural villages in the arid land of eastern Kenya with a high prevalence of child malnutrition.
Subjects: All children in the target villages aged 6-20 months with weight-for¬length Z-score (WHZ) greater than -2 at baseline.
Results: Children in the intervention and non-intervention groups had similar baseline anthropometric measures. The caregivers in the intervention group confirmed that the intended amounts of food supplements were received and child nutrient intake improved. During the 7-month intervention period there were Significant group differences in pre-post Z~score changes between the intervention and non-intervention groups for weight-for-age (0'82, P< 0'001) and weight-for-height (1'19, P< 0'001), but not for height-far-age (-0'20, P> 0'09), after adjusting for multiple covariates, Compared with the non-intervention group, the intervention group had a lower prevalence of wasting (0% v. 8'9%, P= 0'0002) and underweight (6'3% v. 23'0%, P< 0'0001). Infectious morbidity was similar in both groups.
Conclusions: The findings suggest that the distribution of locally available foods is operationally feasible and improves child weight gain and decreases acute malnutrition in Kenyan children. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Complementary feeding Child nutrition disorders Malnutrition Developing countries | en |
dc.title | Feasibility and effectiveness of supplementation with locally available foods in prevention of child malnutrition in Kenya | en |
local.publisher | Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center | en |
local.publisher | Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
local.publisher | University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 2400 Tucker Street NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA: | en |