Characterization of Dietary Diversity in Infants and Toddlers from Intibucá, Honduras
Location
Poster Session 2 (Henderson Library)
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Your Campus
Statesboro Campus- Henderson Library, April 20th
Academic Unit
Department of Biostatistics (COPH)
Research Area Topic:
Public Health & Well Being - Community & Practice-based Research
Co-Presenters and Faculty Mentors or Advisors
Ana M. Palacios, MD, PhD
Health Policy and Community Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
Abstract
Introduction:
Nutritional disparities are widespread in Honduras. The prevalence of stunting (length or height-for-age z-score
Methods: This secondary analysis of baseline data from a cluster, non-randomized trial: Hens Hatching Hope aimed to identify factors associated with dietary diversity in a sample of 402 6 to 24-month-old children from 27 rural communities in Honduras. Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, and frequencies) are used to describe the characteristics of the subjects under study. Poisson Generalized Mixed model was used to see the presence of effect of variables of interest on DDS.
Results: DDS range from 2 to 9, with 6, 7, and 8 being the most common (present in 23.58%, 22.22%, and 24.66% of the children, respectively). The Poisson Generalized Mixed Model shows that there is no significant effect of child’s sex, mother’s education, food insecurity raw score, age of the primary caregiver, number of children and adults in the household on DDS. There is a significant effect of Asset Score on DDS, (β=0.04, P val
Conclusions: More research is needed to identify potential areas for intervention to consider increasing dietary diversity in young children.
Program Description
The intention of this presentation is to give an overview of Nutritional disparities among infants and toddlers in Honduras as well as present the findings from the data generated by our intervention program.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (Restricted to Georgia Southern)
Start Date
4-20-2022 1:30 PM
End Date
4-20-2022 3:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Keko, Mario, "Characterization of Dietary Diversity in Infants and Toddlers from Intibucá, Honduras" (2022). GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium. 35.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/research_symposium/2022/2022/35
Characterization of Dietary Diversity in Infants and Toddlers from Intibucá, Honduras
Poster Session 2 (Henderson Library)
Introduction:
Nutritional disparities are widespread in Honduras. The prevalence of stunting (length or height-for-age z-score
Methods: This secondary analysis of baseline data from a cluster, non-randomized trial: Hens Hatching Hope aimed to identify factors associated with dietary diversity in a sample of 402 6 to 24-month-old children from 27 rural communities in Honduras. Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, and frequencies) are used to describe the characteristics of the subjects under study. Poisson Generalized Mixed model was used to see the presence of effect of variables of interest on DDS.
Results: DDS range from 2 to 9, with 6, 7, and 8 being the most common (present in 23.58%, 22.22%, and 24.66% of the children, respectively). The Poisson Generalized Mixed Model shows that there is no significant effect of child’s sex, mother’s education, food insecurity raw score, age of the primary caregiver, number of children and adults in the household on DDS. There is a significant effect of Asset Score on DDS, (β=0.04, P val
Conclusions: More research is needed to identify potential areas for intervention to consider increasing dietary diversity in young children.
