Kansiime Noel, Atwine Daniel, Nuwamanya Simpson, Bagenda Fred
Department of Community Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Epicentre Mbarara Research Center-Uganda, P.O. Box 1956, Mbarara, Uganda.
J Nutr Metab. 2017;2017:3427087. doi: 10.1155/2017/3427087. Epub 2017 Dec 4.
Undernutrition among children less than 5 years is still a public health concern in most developing countries. Fathers play a critical role in providing support in improving maternal and child health. There is little studied on male involvement and its measurement in child nutrition; therefore, this paper explores the level of male involvement in child feeding and its association with the nutritional status of the children less than 5 years of age.
A cross sectional study among 346 households, 3 focus group discussions, and 4 key informant interviews were conducted in one rural district in Uganda. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of associated factors were estimated and focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted and summarized into themes.
The study revealed the highest percentage of the males provided money to buy food for the children (93.6%), and only 9.8% have ever accompanied mothers to young child clinics.
In this study, most males were involved in buying food for their children, and providing money for transport to young child clinics was associated with normal nutritional status of children less than 5 years in the study area.
在大多数发展中国家，5岁以下儿童营养不良仍是一个公共卫生问题。父亲在为改善母婴健康提供支持方面发挥着关键作用。关于男性参与及对儿童营养的衡量研究较少；因此，本文探讨了男性在儿童喂养方面的参与程度及其与5岁以下儿童营养状况的关联。
在乌干达的一个农村地区对346户家庭进行了横断面研究，开展了3次焦点小组讨论和4次关键 informant 访谈。估计了相关因素的调整优势比（aORs）和95%置信区间（95%CI），并进行了焦点小组讨论和深入访谈，并归纳为主题。
研究显示，为孩子购买食物的男性比例最高（93.6%），只有9.8%的男性曾陪同母亲带幼儿去诊所。
在本研究中，大多数男性参与为孩子购买食物，为带幼儿去诊所提供交通费用与研究地区5岁以下儿童的正常营养状况相关。
