Dietary diversity concordance among mother-to-child pairs and its associated factors in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia
ISSN: 0034-6659
Article publication date: 18 May 2022
Issue publication date: 2 January 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Achieving optimal nutrition among mothers and children is still a challenge in many developing country settings, including Ethiopia. Study on dietary diversity concordance of mother-to-child dyads is limited. Hence, this study aims to assess dietary diversity concordance among mother-to-child pairs and its associated factors in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia.
Design/methodology/approach
A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia, from January 1 to February 15, 2019. A multistage sampling technique was used to select study participants. Data was collected by using a pretested and structured questionnaire. Data entry and analysis were done by Epi data version 3.1 and SPSS version 23.0 software, respectively. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used. Variables with p < 0.25 at bivariate analysis were chosen for multivariate analysis. Variables with a p-value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Findings
A total of 665 mother and child dyads participated, with a response rate of 98.6%. High concordance of dietary diversity among mother-to-child pairs was 9%. Age of the mother (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.21; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 0.05–0.84), age of the child between 6 and 11 months (AOR = 5.2; 95% CI: 2.3–11.6), being female (AOR = 1.8; 95% CI: 1.0–3.4), previous history of infection (AOR = 4.4; 95% CI: 1.8–11.5), source of food from the market (AOR = 0.34; 95% CI: 0.12–0.81) and rich wealth index (AOR = 5.7; 95% CI: 2.5–12.9) were the significant factors of high concordance of dietary diversity.
Originality/value
The prevalence of high-concordant dietary diversity among mother and children dyads was very low. Therefore, ensuring multisectoral nutrition interventions that focus on both mothers and children should be considered to improve the good dietary diversity practice.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This research was funded by Dilla University, and the funder had no role in the design, analysis or writing of this manuscript.
First of all, the authors thank the Almighty God who helped us lot, beyond words of expression and also gave strength on this work. The authors also acknowledge Dilla University, College of Health Sciences for giving us golden opportunity. The authors express deepest gratitude to Gedeo zone for their cooperation to provide the necessary data about the study area.
Additional files: The data sets used for this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Citation
Molla, W., Aragaw, D., Hussen, R., Wudneh, A., Madoro, D., Mengistu, N., Tilahun, R., Shumye, S., Sisay, D., Endashaw, H. and Muche, T. (2023), "Dietary diversity concordance among mother-to-child pairs and its associated factors in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 53 No. 1, pp. 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-02-2022-0044
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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