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BMJ OPEN
卷 11, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047276
关键词
community child health; public health; child protection
资金
- IIT Gandhinagar
The study showed that in India, even among children from poor households, those with an empowered mother or a father with gender-equitable attitudes had a lower risk of stunting and severe stunting. Also, there were significantly lower odds of severe stunting when both parents had a woman-friendly outlook, regardless of their socioeconomic status.
Objectives To investigate the role of the intersection of maternal empowerment, paternal gender-equitable attitudes, and household wealth in stunting and severe stunting among underfives in India. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Community-based setting, nationally representative household survey from India. Participants We used a sample of 22 867 mother-father-child triads from the fourth round of India's National Family Health Survey (2015-2016). Our inclusion criterion was children below the age of 5 years. The exclusion criterion was a lack of information on paternal gender-equitable attitudes and maternal empowerment. Observations with missing data on any of the covariates were also excluded. Primary outcome Stunting and severe stunting among underfives in India. Results Our survey-adjusted logistic regression models revealed that even among children from poorer households, those with either an empowered mother or a father with gender-equitable attitudes versus those with none such parents, had a lower odds of stunting (adjusted OR (AOR): 0.92, 95% CI: 0.84 to 1.02) and severe stunting (AOR: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.77 to 0.98), independent of all covariates. We also found substantially lower odds of severe stunting in groups with parental concordance in a woman-friendly outlook, whether non-affluent (AOR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.67 to 0.94) or affluent (AOR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.38 to 0.67). Conclusion We argue that while women's autonomy could reduce the risk of child undernutrition, focusing on men's attitudes towards gender equity also holds promise for reducing undernutrition. Our findings not only underscore how patriarchy is embodied in undernourished children, but also suggest programmatic interventions to address this deep-rooted scourge in India.
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