The association between exposure to a radio campaign on nutrition and mothers' nutrition- and health-related attitudes and minimal acceptable diet of children 6-36 months old: a quasi-experimental trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a radio campaign involving serial 10-minute drama episodes, 10-minute on air discussion of each episode by trained community health workers and 30-minute phone-ins from listeners in improving mothers' nutrition- and health-related attitudes (HNRAs) and children's minimum acceptable diet (MAD).

Design: A two-arm quasi-experimental trial with a pre-post design was used to quantify the effect of a radio campaign on nutrition before and immediately after the 6-month intervention. Difference-in-difference (DID) analysis was performed to assess the intervention's effect.

Magnitude and Predictors of Dietary Diversity among HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy: The Case of North-Western, Ghana.

Introduction: Though people living with HIV/AIDS require a good combination of antiretroviral therapy and healthy dietary habits for a quality life and positive medical outcomes, little is, however, known regarding the dietary practices of HIV-positive patients who receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the Lawra Municipality.

Objective: This study assessed the magnitude and factors associated with dietary diversity among HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Methods: This study was a facility-based cross-sectional study of 269 study participants recruited using a systematic random sampling technique.

Relationship between home garden ownership and the consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Objective: This study assessed the extent to which access to home gardens associate with the frequency of fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption.

Setting: The study was carried out in fifty rural communities in Northern Ghana where food insecurity and malnutrition including micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent.

Design: A community-based comparative analytical cross-sectional study.

Independent and joint contributions of inadequate antenatal care timing, contacts and content to adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Background: Poor quality and inadequate of antenatal care (ANC) visits during pregnancy may increase the risk of preventable adverse pregnancy outcomes. We tested the hypothesis that the adequacy of ANC utilization combined with quality of ANC services will reduce the risk of low birth weight (LBW) and preterm delivery (P T D) in the Tamale metropolis of Ghana.

Materials And Methods: A facility-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 553 postpartum women who had delivered within the last 12 months prior to the study.

Fathers' level of involvement in childcare activities and its association with the diet quality of children in Northern Ghana.

Objective: This study assessed the level of fathers' involvement in childcare activities and its association with the diet quality of their children in Northern Ghana.

Setting: The study was carried out in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana. The people in the study area mostly depend on agriculture as their main occupation.

Relationship between caesarean section delivery and risk of overweight/obesity among children aged 6-23 months in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana.

The recent exponential increase in caesarean section (CS) rates in many countries including Ghana requires an understanding of the potential long-term consequences on child health. The present study investigated the relationship between CS delivery and risk of childhood overweight/obesity. A retrospective cohort study was conducted from October 2019 to March 2020 in Ghana.

Independent and joint contribution of inappropriate complementary feeding and poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices to stunted child growth.

The causes of undernutrition are often linked to inappropriate complementary feeding practices and poor households' access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), but limited evidence exists on the combined effect of poor WASH and inappropriate complementary feeding practices on stunted child growth. We assessed the independent and joint contribution of inappropriate complementary feeding and poor WASH practices to stunted growth among children aged 6-23 months in the Jirapa Municipality of Ghana. A community-based cross-sectional analytical study design was used with a sample of 301 mothers/caregivers having children aged 6-23 months.

Determinants of dietary diversity and its relationship with the nutritional status of pregnant women.

There is little information regarding factors that determine dietary diversity among pregnant women in Ghana. The present study, therefore, sought to assess the independent predictors of dietary diversity and its relationship with nutritional status of pregnant women in the Northern Region of Ghana. The present study was an analytical cross-sectional survey involving 423 pregnant women in different stages of gestation.

Women's decision-making autonomy and its relationship with child feeding practices and postnatal growth.

Childhood stunting remains a global public health concern. Little has been documented on the effect of women's decision-making autonomy on child growth in settings where decision-making at the household and community levels is largely dominated by men. To assess the relationship between maternal autonomy and child growth, we analysed data from a cross-sectional study of 422 mothers and their youngest child aged 6-24 months in the Bawku West District of Ghana.

Association between Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Indicators and the Nutritional Status of Children (6-23 Months) in Northern Ghana.

Although recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices have been found to be protective against undernutrition in some settings, there is no finality yet due to inconsistencies in the literature. A cross-sectional survey of 581 mother-child pairs was conducted in northern Ghana in June 2018. The association between IYCF indicators and child undernutrition (stunting and wasting) were assessed.

Dietary fat quantity and quality in relation to general and abdominal obesity in women: a cross-sectional study from Ghana.

Background: Although relationships between obesity and total fat and fat types have been widely examined, the associations between the relative proportions of fatty acids calculated in the form of indices and obesity/overweight are lacking. The objective of this study was to assess associations between dietary fat quality indices and odds of obesity/overweight in women from Ghana.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, dietary information was obtained using 24-h dietary recall.

Association between Carbohydrate Quality Index and general and abdominal obesity in women: a cross-sectional study from Ghana.

Objectives: The relationships between carbohydrate intake and risk of obesity have been widely investigated. However, there are limited data on the associations between their relative proportions and quality contained in the same diet on risk of obesity, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between an overall Carbohydrate Quality Index (CQI) and general and abdominal obesity in women.

Household food insecurity, coping strategies, and nutritional status of pregnant women in rural areas of Northern Ghana.

There is limited information on the magnitude and determinants of household food insecurity (HFI) and how it relates to the nutritional status of pregnant women in Northern Ghana. The magnitude, determinants of HFI, and how it relates to the nutritional status of pregnant women were evaluated in the Africa RISING West Africa project intervention communities in Northern Ghana. The prevalence of moderate and severe household hunger was 25.

Relationship between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of children aged 6-36 months in rural areas of Northern Ghana.

In this study, we investigated the relationship between agricultural biodiversity and dietary diversity of children and whether factors such as economic access may affect this relationship. This paper is based on data collected in a baseline cross-sectional survey in November 2013.The study population comprising 1200 mother-child pairs was selected using a two-stage cluster sampling.

How is dietary diversity related to haematological status of preschool children in Ghana?

The role of dietary diversity on blood biomarkers may be significant, but the evidence is limited. This study assessed the association between dietary diversity and haematological status of children aged 6-59 months controlling for various known confounders. The analysis in this study is based on the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health survey data.

The effect of maternal and child factors on stunting, wasting and underweight among preschool children in Northern Ghana.

Background: Undernutrition among preschool children in Northern region is the highest in Ghana. However, there is scarcity of data on the factors that determine undernutrition in these children. This study investigated the effect of maternal and child factors on undernutrition among preschool children in Northern Ghana.