Ibrahima Kaba¹, Fanta Touré¹* and Ahmadou Sadio Diallo²

¹Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences of the Ecole Supérieure du Tourisme et de l'Hôtellerie, Conakry, Guinea
²Department of Biology of Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Guinea

*Corresponding Author: Fanta Touré, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences of the Ecole Supérieure du Tourisme et de l'Hôtellerie, Conakry, Guinea.

Received: December 27, 2021; Published: January 31, 2022

Abstract

Introduction: In Guinea there is insufficient information on the nutritional status of the mother-child couple. Objective: To know the nutritional status of the mother-child couple at the Matoto Health Center (CSM). Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional, descriptive study from March 25 to May 27, 2019 that involved 202 mothers and 205 children. The data were collected by a questionnaire administered to mothers with a measure of anthropometric and biological parameters of mother-child couples. The sampling was exhaustive and concerned these couples seen at the CSM.

Results: The predominant age group of mothers was 21 - 40 years (74%), 34% were housewives, 36% out of school, 95% married and 83% monogamous. Most children were 0 to 5 months old (83%). 18% of mothers breastfed the child in 30 minutes postpartum, 82% after 30 minutes and 18% breastfed exclusively. The mothers had 6% thinness, 29% overweight, 6% obesity and 87% anemia. The children had undernutrition expressed by wasting (16%) and no obesity. 91% of emaciated children were weaned early. 20% of the children were anaemic. The socio-demographic factors of mothers that affected the nutritional status of children (wasting) were occupation (p = 0.0274) and level of education (p = 0.0435). The nutritional status of the mother expressed in thinness and hemoglobin levels did not influence that of the child.

Conclusion: Efforts to educate, promote breastfeeding and empower women could contribute to the reduction of malnutrition in Matotocommune.

Keywords: Nutritional Status; Anthropometry; Anemia; Mother-Child Couple; Health Center; Matoto

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Citation: Fanta Touré., et al. “Nutritional Status of Mother-Child Couple at Matoto Health Center, Conakry, Guinea". Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 6.2 (2022): 89-98.

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