Behaviour change communication to improve complementary feeding practices in Ethiopia: Couples' beliefs concerning paternal involvement in childcare.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101201025 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1740-8709 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17408695 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Matern Child Nutr Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Oxford, UK : Wiley-Blackwell
      Original Publication: Oxford, UK : Blackwell Pub., c2005-
    • Subject Terms:
      Child Care* ; Parenting*; Male ; Child ; Infant ; Female ; Humans ; Ethiopia ; Fathers ; Mothers ; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ; Communication
    • Abstract:
      An important cause of stunting is limited consumption of complementary foods, in terms of both quantities and nutrients. Although existing studies show a positive association between fathers' engagement and children's diet, programmes designed to improve complementary feeding practices often only target mothers. In response to this, maternal behaviour change communication (BCC), paternal BCC and food voucher programmes were designed and implemented in Ethiopia using a clustered randomized controlled trial design. The paternal BCC programme included gender-equal messages to increase fathers' participation in childcare, household labour and decision making. The research reported in this paper is an examination of the BCC programmes, characterizing the behavioural, normative and control beliefs of both mothers and fathers in BCC households compared to those in control households. In this study, a total of 40 participants were included, with 13 mother-father pairs in the BCC + food voucher group, and seven pairs in the control group. Each participant was interviewed separately. We found that BCC mothers showed more gender-equal tendencies than the control mothers despite being more rural in location. By contrast, the beliefs of BCC and control fathers were similar overall, suggesting men are more resistant to gender-equal BCC. More work is needed to develop and test effective methods for changing fathers' beliefs and practices.
      (© 2024 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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    • Grant Information:
      Korea Foundation for International Healthcare; 20230889 Kyung Hee University; Seoul Women's Hospital Taehoon Kim; Africa Future Foundation
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Ethiopia; behaviour change communication; children's diet; complementary feeding practices; father involvement; gender role
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240209 Date Completed: 20240401 Latest Revision: 20240401
    • Publication Date:
      20240401
    • Accession Number:
      PMC10981480
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/mcn.13628
    • Accession Number:
      38334313