Malnutrition and gender relations in Western Kenya
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2006Author
Wanjiru, Kariuki Priscilla
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Child malnutrition, which is an increasing problem in Western Kenya, is addressed primarily through efforts to reach the individual mother with information about proper feeding of her children. A study carried out in Siaya, Kisumu and Busia Districts showed that mothers perceived nutrition problems differently, emphasizing their embeddedness in gender and family relations. In situations of marital conflict, male labour migration, and impoverishment, women must rely on support from others; thus health education should be addressed to husbands, grandmothers and mothers-in-law as well as mothers.
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http://www.jstor.org/stable/40651706http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28364
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Health Transition Review Vol. 1, No. 2 (OCTOBER 1991), pp. 171-187Publisher
University of Nairobi Department of Psychology