Maternal Capabilities Are Associated with Child Caregiving Behaviors Among Women in Rural Zimbabwe.

The Journal of Nutrition
Cynthia R MatareSanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) Trial Team

Abstract

Young children require high-quality care for healthy growth and development. We defined "maternal capabilities" as factors that influence mothers' caregiving ability (physical and mental health, social support, time, decision-making autonomy, gender norm attitudes, and mothering self-efficacy), and developed survey tools to assess them. We hypothesized that mothers with stronger capabilities during pregnancy would be more likely to practice improved care behaviors after their child was born. We assessed maternal capabilities among 4667 pregnant women newly enrolled in the Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) trial. Several improved child-care practices were promoted until 18 mo postpartum, the trial endpoint. Care practices were assessed by survey, direct observation, or transcription from health records during postpartum research visits. We used logistic regression to determine the predictive association between maternal capabilities during pregnancy and child-care practices. Mothers with more egalitarian gender norm attitudes were more likely to have an institutional delivery [adjusted OR (AOR), 2.06; 95% CI, 1.57-2.69], initiate breastfeeding within 1 h of delivery (AOR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.03-1.84), exclusively ...Continue Reading

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