Effects of household composition on infant feeding and mother–infant health in northern Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMichigan State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorNational Science Foundation, United Statesen
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23993en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1520-6300en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Human Biologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen
cg.volume36en
dc.contributor.authorVankayalapati, A.en
dc.contributor.authorWamwere-Njoroge, George J.en
dc.contributor.authorFujita, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-30T15:11:33Zen
dc.date.available2023-10-30T15:11:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132534
dc.titleEffects of household composition on infant feeding and mother–infant health in northern Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractBackground Households with alloparents, individuals other than the mother who care for an infant, can shift members' roles and affect mother–infant health. Aims To investigate how household composition relates to infant feeding and infectious disease risk in mother–infant dyads, the team utilized data from breastfeeding dyads (n 208) surveyed during a prolonged drought and food scarcity in northern Kenya. Methods Households were classified by the presence/absence of potential alloparents, distinguishing non-siblings and siblings of the infant. Regression models for breastfeeding frequency, complementary feeding status, and recent infections (n 83) evaluated these outcomes' associations with household type while accounting for food insecurity, adjusted for infant age, infant sex, and maternal age. Results Household type was unassociated with breastfeeding frequency, but the presence of non-sibling alloparents interacted with food insecurity, predicting increasing breastfeeding frequency as food insecurity intensified among dyads living with non-sibling alloparents. Households with non-sibling alloparents were also inversely associated with complementary feeding but had no association with infection. Households with siblings were inversely associated with (protective against) infant and maternal infection. Conclusion Further research is needed to understand the interactive influence of household social and food ecologies on mother–infant diet and health under diverse cultural rules and norms for alloparenting.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-09-28en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVankayalapati, A., Wamwere-Njoroge, G. and Fujita, M. 2023. Effects of household composition on infant feeding and mother–infant health in northern Kenya. American Journal of Human Biologyen
dcterms.issued2023-09-28en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectinfant feedingen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjecthuman healthen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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