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Relationship between household structure, maternal autonomy and undernutrition in Brazilian children

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Relationship between household structure, maternal autonomy and undernutrition in Brazilian children
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Barrios
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Pamela L.
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1983-
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Pamela Barrios
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Hoffman
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Daniel J
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Daniel J Hoffman
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Nurgul Fitzgerald
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internal member
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Rodgers
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Yana
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Yana Rodgers
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Guarnaccia
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Peter J
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Peter J Guarnaccia
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Advisory Committee
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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eng
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Child malnutrition is a problem in many countries, but especially in poorer communities. Stunting, an outcome of chronic undernutrition, contributes to poor quality of life, morbidity and mortality. Biological and socioeconomic factors contribute to malnutrition with recent studies focusing on aspects of maternal autonomy as an influencing factor. Maternal autonomy (defined as a woman’s personal power in the household and her ability to influence and change her environment) is likely an important factor influencing child care, and ultimately, infant and child health outcomes. To examine the relationship between maternal autonomy and child stunting in Brazil, we analyzed data from the Women’s National Demographic and Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher , PNDS 2006). Cross-sectional demographic, health and anthropometric data for mothers and their youngest child <60 months (n=3390) were used from PNDS. Maternal autonomy was estimated by the decision-making power of each woman in their household. Logistic regression analyses were used to test for associations between indicators of maternal autonomy and the risk of having a stunted child. Women with high autonomy indicated by the final say on what items are to be cooked [odds ratio (OR) = 1.856; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.004, 3.433] were significantly more likely to have a stunted child compared to women with low autonomy, after controlling for individual (education, work status) and household (wealth) level factors in the adjusted model. There was general lack of a strong and significant relationship between maternal autonomy variables and childrens’ HAZ scores. In a national sample, such as the PNDS 2006, the number of stunted children is very low, as is the number of low-income households. In this scenario, maternal autonomy may not be the most significant variable since other structural variables, such as household wealth that may explain its effects. It is suggested that more research on women’s autonomy and its effect on children’s health and nutrition should be conducted in low income populations, where wealth status is not a confounding variable.
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Nutritional Sciences
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x, 52 p. : ill.
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M.S.
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by Pamela L. Barrios
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Malnutrition in children--Brazil
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Mother and child--Brazil
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Autonomy (Psychology)--Brazil
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Women--Nutrition--Brazil
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doi:10.7282/T3MW2G23
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ETD graduate
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Barrios
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Pamela
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2012-04-15 21:16:26
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2012-05-31
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2012-11-30
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after November 30th, 2012.
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