Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis
This article was published in The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics [ C The Author(s) [2019]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected]] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmz061. The Jour...
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10361-165172022-04-05T21:01:34Z Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis Hossain, Md. Belal Khan, Jahidur Rahman Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health Stunting Livestock Geospatial variation Bangladesh This article was published in The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics [ C The Author(s) [2019]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected]] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmz061. The Journal's website is at: https://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/66/3/248/5570311?login=true Livestock is an integrated part of agriculture, yet the relationship between household livestock ownership and child nutrition is a significant knowledge gap. The present study aimed to assess the association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting and to explore the geospatial variations at district level in Bangladesh. A complete data of 19 295 children aged below 5 years were extracted from the latest Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2012–13. The tropical livestock unit (TLU) score calculated as a weighted value for each livestock and categorized as low, medium, and high using tertile. A hierarchical Bayesian spatial logistic model was used to assess the association between TLU and childhood stunting. Children from the household with high TLU were 10% less likely to be stunted (adjusted posterior odds ratio: 0.90, 95% credible interval: 0.84– 0.97) after controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, morbidity, place of residence and spatial effects. There was also a substantial spatial variation in childhood stunting across districts in Bangladesh with the highest burden in the Northern and North-Eastern regions. The positive effect of household livestock ownership on reducing child stunting suggests that, in addition to nutritional intervention in Bangladesh, efforts to strengthen livestock production would be beneficial for improving child nutrition status. However, a small effect size may be owing to the lack of dietary diversity, livestock health and productivity data as well as the complexity of the relationship, requiring further study. Furthermore, a significant regional disparity in stunting highlighted the importance of spatial targeting during the design of interventions and implementation. Published 2022-04-05T03:44:17Z 2022-04-05T03:44:17Z 2019 2019-09-16 Journal Article Hossain, M. B., & Khan, J. R. (2020). Association between Household Livestock Ownership and Childhood Stunting in Bangladesh - A Spatial Analysis. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 66(3), 248–256. https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmz061 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16517 https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmz061 en_US https://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/66/3/248/5570311?login=true Journal of Tropical Pediatrics application/pdf Oxford Academic |
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This article was published in The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics [ C The Author(s) [2019]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected]] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmz061. The Journal's website is at: https://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/66/3/248/5570311?login=true |
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Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis |
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Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis |
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Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis |
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Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis |
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Association between household livestock ownership and childhood stunting in Bangladesh – A spatial analysis |
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