Women’s education level amplifies the effects of a livelihoods-based intervention on household wealth, child diet, and child growth in rural Nepal
| العنوان: | Women’s education level amplifies the effects of a livelihoods-based intervention on household wealth, child diet, and child growth in rural Nepal |
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| المؤلفون: | Shubh Mahato, Beatrice Lorge Rogers, Mahendra Lohani, Neena Joshi, Laurie C. Miller, Patrick Webb, Shibani Ghosh |
| المصدر: | International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2017) International Journal for Equity in Health |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Rural Population, medicine.medical_specialty, Higher education, media_common.quotation_subject, Psychological intervention, Developing country, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Adult education, Child Development, Nepal, Hygiene, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Socioeconomics, Child, media_common, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Poverty, business.industry, Health Policy, Public health, Research, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infant, lcsh:RA1-1270, Child development, Diet, Child, Preschool, Income, Educational Status, Female, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background Many organizations seek to alleviate poverty in the developing world, often focusing their interventions on women. The role, status, and education of women are fundamentally important facets of development. Thus, understanding the interaction of women’s educational level and the response to interventions is important. Therefore, we examined the impact of educational level of household adults on responses to a livestock-based community intervention. Methods Six pair-matched communities in 3 districts of Nepal (Chitwan/Nawalparasi/Nuwakot), were randomly assigned to receive community development activities via women’s self-help groups at baseline or 1 year later. At 6 intervals over 48 months, a 125- item questionnaire addressing family demographics and child health/nutrition was completed in each household, plus child growth monitoring. Results were analyzed in relation to the highest education attained by any woman in the household, the child’s mother, men, or any other adult in the household. Results Outcomes (wealth, water/toilet availability, child diet diversity and growth) all significantly related to adult education. However, notable differences were found comparing the impact of men’s and women’s education. Percent change in wealth score was significant only in households where women had primary or secondary education (respectively, p = .0009 and p |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1475-9276 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b7d3d3799465029feee4a4e283911935Test http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0681-0Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b7d3d3799465029feee4a4e283911935 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14759276 |
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