Infant Food Hygiene and Childcare Practices in Context: Findings from an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya

Jane Awiti Odhiambo Mumma; Oliver Cumming; Sheillah Simiyu; Alexandra Czerniewska; Rose Evalyne Aseyo; Damaris Nelima Muganda; Emily Davis; Kelly K Baker; Robert Dreibelbis

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Infant Food Hygiene and Childcare Practices in Context: Findings from an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya

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Infant Food Hygiene and Childcare Practices in Context: Findings from an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya

Jane Awiti Odhiambo Mumma, Oliver Cumming, Sheillah Simiyu, Alexandra Czerniewska, Rose Evalyne Aseyo, Damaris Nelima Muganda, Emily Davis, Kelly K Baker and Robert Dreibelbis

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Vol.102(1), pp.220-222

01/2020

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0279

PMCID: PMC6947802

PMID: 31746311

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Abstract

Complementary food hygiene is important to reduce infant exposures to enteric pathogens; however, interventions to improve food hygiene in low- and middle-income countries often ignore the larger context in which childcare occurs. In this study, we explore on observational and qualitative information regarding childcare in an informal community in Kenya. Our findings demonstrate that behaviors associated with food contamination, such as hand feeding and storing food for extended periods, are determined largely by the larger social and economic realities of primary caretakers. Data also show how caregiving within an informal settlement is highly dynamic and involves multiple individuals and locations throughout the day. Findings from this study will help inform the development and implementation of food hygiene interventions in informal urban communities.

Caregivers

Food Contamination - prevention & control

Nutrition Surveys

Humans

Infant Food

Adult

Infant

Poverty Areas

Urban Population

Kenya

Health Behavior

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Title: Subtitle: Infant Food Hygiene and Childcare Practices in Context: Findings from an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya
Creators: Jane Awiti Odhiambo Mumma - Center of Research, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya
Oliver Cumming - Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Sheillah Simiyu - Center of Research, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya
Alexandra Czerniewska - Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Rose Evalyne Aseyo - Center of Research, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya
Damaris Nelima Muganda - Center of Research, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya
Emily Davis - Department of International Health-Social and Behavioral Interventions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Kelly K Baker - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Robert Dreibelbis - Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Vol.102(1), pp.220-222
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0279
PMID: 31746311
PMCID: PMC6947802
NLM abbreviation: Am J Trop Med Hyg
ISSN: 0002-9637
eISSN: 1476-1645
Publisher: United States
Grant note: P30 ES005605 / NIEHS NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 01/2020
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology
Record Identifier: 9984066341102771

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