_.gif)
_.gif)
Qualitative Analysis of the Determinants of Malnutrition among Children Under-five in Households in the Mayo-Danay Division, Cameroon
Abstract
The Far North region has the highest rate of chronic malnutrition (35.9%) ahead of East (35.4%); North (30.6%) and Adamawa (28.7%). The study aimed to identify contextual factors of child malnutrition in line with UNICEF’s causal pattern of malnutrition (2013). This was a qualitative study. Multiple case sampling of social micro-units was used. Focus-groups; face-to-face interviews and observations were organized. Seguin method was used for data analysis (2010). Fifty people participated in the study. Mayo-danay is a landlocked area, where the lack of food processing and food conservation infrastructure promotes early and low-cost liquidation of food products. A situation that exposes families to famine and poverty a few months after the harvest. The influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs); insecurity due to terrorism has weakened cross-border trade. The household size is up to 10 members, that did not allow children to eat at their convenience, and in a diverse way. The Christian head of households did not systematically contribute to the food ration, unlike the Muslims. Fish, agricultural and livestock products are more for sale than for consumption in the household. There are frequent shortages of food supplements for the management of malnutrition in health training. The causes of malnutrition in Mayo-Danay were multifactorial. Strategies to fight against malnutrition must take into account the integrated approach to local and sustainable development.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
A. Goudoum et Leonard ST. Ngamo. Insécurité alimentaire et résilience par la protection des denrées en zone soudano-sahélienne du Cameroun. Edi CAD ; 2017, p155-180
Alhaji A. Aliyu, Olugbenga O. Oguntunde, Tukur Dahiru and Tajudeen Raji, 2012. Prevalence and Determinants of Malnutrition among Pre-School Children in Northern Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 11: 1092-1095. DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.1092.1095
Azzaoui F-Z, Ahami A.O.T, Khadmaoui A. 2008, Relation entre les facteurs socio-économiques, environnementaux et la malnutrition : Cas d'enfants âgés de 6 à 8 ans de la plaine du Gharb (Nord-Ouest Marocain), Antropo, 17, 1-5. www.didac.ehu.es/antropo
B Djiangoué. Inondations et vulnérabilité des systèmes de production agricole : cas du Logone (Extrême-Nord) et de la Bénoué (Nord) Cameroun. Edi CAD ; 2017, p35-53
Barbieri M., 1991, Les déterminants de la mortalité des enfants dans le tiers-monde, Les dossiers du CEPED n°18, CEPED, Paris, 40p.
Benjamin AZIKE CHUKUWCHINDUN, André Pascal GOURA, Landry BITA’A BEYALA, Anthony NJIMBIA CHEBE, André Izacar Gaël BITA, Joliette AZAKOH NGUEFACK, Jérôme ATEUDJIEU, Pratiques alimentaires des mères et malnutrition infantile dans le district de santé de Pitoa : Etude cas-témoin. Budapest International Research in Exact Sciences (BirEx) Journal Volume 1, No 4, October 2019, Page: 144-155 e-ISSN: 2655-7827 (Online).
Carole Nounkeu, Joseph Kamgno, Jigna Dharod. Assessment of the relationship between water insecurity, hygiene practices, and incidence of diarrhea among children from rural households of the Menoua Division, West Cameroon, Journal of Public Health in Africa 2019; volume 10:951 doi:10.4081/jphia.2019.951
Institut National de la Statistique (INS), et ICF. 2019. Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Cameroun 2018. Indicateurs Clés. Yaoundé, Cameroun, et Rockville, Maryland, USA : INS et ICF
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2014. Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and Accountability to Accelerate the World’s Progress on Nutrition. Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-0-89629-564-3, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896295643
Kadam A.M., 2007. Les déterminants de la malnutrition des enfants de moins de cinq au Tchad, Mémoire de DESSD en Démographie, IFORD, Yaoundé point
Keino S, Plasqui G, Ettyang G, van den Borne B. Determinants of stunting and overweight among young children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2014 Jun;35(2):167-178. DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500203.
Martin Sobze Sanou, Andre Izacar Gael Bita, Ghyslaine Bruna Djeunang Dongho, Benjamin Azike Chukuwchindun, Armand Tiotsa Tsapi, Isidore Sieleunou, Germaine Sylvie Nkengfack Nembongwe. Multidimensional Poverty and Acute Malnutrition of Children in Households of Mayo-danay Division, Cameroon. International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences 2020; 9(1): 25-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20200901.15.
MINSANTE, UNICEF. 2018. Enquête nutritionnelle anthropométrique et de mortalité rétrospective (SMART) dans les régions de l’Extrême-Nord, du Nord, de l’Adamaoua et à l’Est, septembre 2017 ; Yaoundé, Cameroun.
MINSANTE, UNICEF, 2019. Synthèse Rapport Résultats SMART 2019. Ministère de la santé publique du Cameroun, Yaoundé.
Ntuda Ebode JV, M Bolak Funteh, Mbarkoutou Mahamat H, Nkalwo Ngoula JL. Le conflit Boko Haram au Cameroun Pourquoi la paix traîne-t-elle ? Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Yaoundé (Cameroun), 2017.
OCHA, Cameroun Insécurité alimentaire et malnutrition. 2019.[Accessible le 10/11/2020] sur https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/cmr_snapshot_insecu_ali_malnut_v2.pdf
Pemunta, N.V. and Fubah, M.A, ¡°Socio-cultural determinants of infant malnutrition in Cameroon, Journal of Biosocial Science, 1-26. April 2014.
Programme Alimentaire Mondiale, Cameroun : suivi de la sécurité alimentaire. Bulletin N°4, Février 2018 ;
Ramadhani Nainggolan, Evawany Y. Aritonang, Etti Sudaryati. Relationship of Child Individual Factors with Stunting Incidence in Children Aged 24-36 Months at Serdang Bedagai District. Britain International of Exact Sciences (BIoEx) Journal; January 2020; ISSN: 2686-1208 (Online), 2686-1216 (Print)Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2020, Page:436-441
S. Ngo Um-Sap, H. Mbassi Awa, O. Hott, P. Tchendjou, A. Womga, A. Tanya, P. Koki Ndombo, Pratique de la diversification alimentaire chez les enfants de 6 à 24 mois à Yaoundé : relation avec leur état nutritionnel, Archives de Pédiatrie, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-33, ISSN 0929-693X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcped.2013.10.015.
Sobze Sanou Martin, Bita Andre Izacar Gaël, Djeunang Dongho Ghyslaine Bruna, Sieleunou Isidore, and Nkengfack Nembongwe Germaine Sylvie, “Food Profiles and Exposure to Acute Malnutrition among Children Under-five in the Department of Mayo-Danay, Cameroon.” Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, vol. 7, no. 11 (2019): 759-765. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-7-11-1.
Titilola B. Balogun, Alhassan M. Yakubu, Recent Illness, Feeding Practices and Father’s Education as Determinants of Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in a Rural Nigerian Community, Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Volume 61, Issue 2, April 2015, Pages 92–99, https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmu070
Tyler J. Gorham, Joshua Yoo, Rebecca Garabed, Arabi Mouhaman and Jiyoung Lee. Water Access, Sanitation, and Hygiene Conditions and Health Outcomes among Two Settlement Types in Rural Far North Cameroon; Publish in International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017, 14, 441; doi:10.3390/ijerph14040441.
UNICEF, Améliorer la malnutrition de l’enfant, un objectif impératif et réalisable pour le progrès mondial. Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance (UNICEF) ; 2013, p132
UNICEF, 1998. La situation des enfants dans le monde, la malnutrition : causes, conséquences et solutions. L'urgence silencieuse.
UNICEF, 2013. AMÉLIORER LA NUTRITION DE L’ENFANT : Un objectif impératif et réalisable pour le progrès mondial. Fonds des Nations Unies pour l’enfance, United Nations Plaza, New York, 10017, États-Unis, 2013
UNICEF, 2019. La situation des enfants dans le monde 2019, résumé analytique : Bien grandir dans un monde en mutation.
UNICEF, 2018. Publication du rapport sur la nutrition mondiale 2018 : Si la malnutrition atteint un niveau inacceptable et touche tous les pays du monde, il existe aujourd’hui une opportunité d’y mettre fin.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33258/birex.v3i1.1500
Article Metrics
Abstract view : 395 timesPDF - 171 times
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.