Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Columbia, SC29208, USA.
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Public Health Nutr. 2022 Nov;25(11):3121-3130. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022001112. Epub 2022 May 16.
To identify determinants of egg consumption in infants and young children aged 6-23·9 months in Ethiopia.
Data used were from the cross-sectional baseline survey of an egg campaign in Ethiopia implemented by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
Children aged 6-23·9 months ( 453) were sampled. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, economic resources, caregiver's behaviour, child health and feeding practices, and egg consumption in the last 7 d were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaires. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression was used to examine the association between explanatory variables and egg consumption in the last 7 d.
About half of children (53·4 %) did not consume eggs in the last 7 d. The odds of children consuming eggs were 4·33 ( < 0·002) times higher when their caregivers had some college education compared with no education. Wealth was positively (OR, 1·13, = 0·029) and household food insecurity was negatively (OR, 0·96, = 0·117) associated with child egg consumption. Purchasing eggs (OR, 9·73, < 0·001) and caregiver's positive behavioural determinants (OR, 1·37, = 0·005) were associated with child egg consumption. The associations of socio-demographic characteristics and economic resources with egg consumption provide evidence of partial mediation through caregiver behaviour and child health.
About half of children aged 6-23·9 months consumed eggs. Availability of eggs in households, mainly through purchase, was strongly associated with egg consumption. Education of caregivers and household heads and economic resources were associated with egg consumption and may operate through caregiver behaviour.
确定埃塞俄比亚 6-23.9 月龄婴儿和幼儿食用鸡蛋的决定因素。
本研究使用的数据来自全球改善营养联盟在埃塞俄比亚开展的鸡蛋运动的横断面基线调查。
共抽取 6-23.9 月龄儿童（453 名）。采用访谈员管理的问卷收集社会人口学特征、经济资源、照顾者行为、儿童健康和喂养实践以及过去 7 天内鸡蛋食用情况等数据。采用多变量有序逻辑回归分析解释变量与过去 7 天内鸡蛋食用情况的相关性。
约一半的儿童（53.4%）在过去 7 天内没有食用鸡蛋。与未接受过教育的照顾者相比，接受过一些大学教育的照顾者的孩子食用鸡蛋的可能性高 4.33 倍（<0.002）。财富与儿童食用鸡蛋呈正相关（OR，1.13， = 0.029），家庭食物不安全与儿童食用鸡蛋呈负相关（OR，0.96， = 0.117）。购买鸡蛋（OR，9.73，<0.001）和照顾者的积极行为决定因素（OR，1.37， = 0.005）与儿童食用鸡蛋有关。社会人口学特征和经济资源与鸡蛋消费的关联通过照顾者行为和儿童健康提供了部分中介的证据。
约一半的 6-23.9 月龄儿童食用鸡蛋。家庭中鸡蛋的供应情况，主要通过购买，与鸡蛋的消费密切相关。照顾者和家庭户主的教育以及经济资源与鸡蛋消费有关，并且可能通过照顾者行为发挥作用。
