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Evaluate whether maternal income-generating activities, food production, and child-care practices are determinants of child nutritional status and dietary intake in rural West Africa.

March 1, 2007Food and Nutrition BulletinOpen Access

Maternal Income-Generating Activities, Child Care, and Child Nutrition in Mali

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JPJune N Pierre-Louis DSDiva SanjurCornell University MNM. C. NesheimCornell University

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Cross-sectional study finds maternal work time and crop types distinctly influence child anthropometry and diet in rural Mali, indicating complex trade-offs between income generation and child...

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Evaluate whether maternal income-generating activities, food production, and child-care practices are determinants of child nutritional status and dietary intake in rural West Africa.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey of mother-child pairs with children aged 12 to 36 months, including both breastfed and nonbreastfed children, in rural Mali.
Measured maternal time use, child anthropometry, dietary intake via 24-hour recall, and parasitic infection status, analyzing data with multivariate regression controlling for confounders.
Time spent by mothers in income-generating activities was negatively associated with children's animal protein intake and height-for-age (p < .05), with effects not mediated by child-care variables.
Maternal cash crop production was positively associated with child weight-for-height (p < .05), whereas staple food production was negatively associated with energy intake from non-breastmilk foods (p < .05).
Maternal feeding supervision positively predicted children's animal protein intake, whereas Giardia infection was negatively associated with weight gain (p < .05).

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Pierre-Louis et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82f44718c367372393c0fc https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650702800108

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March 1, 2007Food and Nutrition BulletinOpen Access

Maternal Income-Generating Activities, Child Care, and Child Nutrition in Mali

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Authors

JPJune N Pierre-Louis DSDiva SanjurCornell University MNM. C. NesheimCornell University

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Cross-sectional study finds maternal work time and crop types distinctly influence child anthropometry and diet in rural Mali, indicating complex trade-offs between income generation and child...

Key Points

Evaluate whether maternal income-generating activities, food production, and child-care practices are determinants of child nutritional status and dietary intake in rural West Africa.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey of mother-child pairs with children aged 12 to 36 months, including both breastfed and nonbreastfed children, in rural Mali.
Measured maternal time use, child anthropometry, dietary intake via 24-hour recall, and parasitic infection status, analyzing data with multivariate regression controlling for confounders.
Time spent by mothers in income-generating activities was negatively associated with children's animal protein intake and height-for-age (p < .05), with effects not mediated by child-care variables.
Maternal cash crop production was positively associated with child weight-for-height (p < .05), whereas staple food production was negatively associated with energy intake from non-breastmilk foods (p < .05).
Maternal feeding supervision positively predicted children's animal protein intake, whereas Giardia infection was negatively associated with weight gain (p < .05).

Cite This Study

Pierre-Louis et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82f44718c367372393c0fc https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650702800108

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