Overweight status of the primary caregivers of orphan and vulnerable children in 3 Southern African countries: a cross sectional study

dc.contributor.authorKanamori, Mariano
dc.contributor.authorCarter-Pokras, Olivia
dc.contributor.authorMadhavan, Sangeetha
dc.contributor.authorFeldman, Robert
dc.contributor.authorHe, Xin
dc.contributor.authorLee, Sunmin
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T15:38:59Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T15:38:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionFunding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Africa is facing a nutritional transition where underweight and overweight coexist. Although the majority of programs for orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) focus on undernourishment, the association between OVC primary caregiving and the caregivers’ overweight status remains unclear. We investigated the association between OVC primary caregiving status with women’s overweight status in Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia. Methods: Demographic Health Survey (DHS) cross-sectional data collected during 2006–2007 were analyzed using weighted marginal means and logistic regressions. We analyzed data from 20–49 year old women in Namibia (N 6638), Swaziland (N 2875), and Zambia (N 4497.) Results: The overweight prevalence of the primary caregivers of OVC ranged from 27.0 % (Namibia) to 61.3 % (Swaziland). In Namibia, OVC primary caregivers were just as likely or even less likely to be overweight than other primary caregivers. In Swaziland and Zambia, OVC primary caregivers were just as likely or more likely to be overweight than other primary caregivers. In Swaziland and Zambia, OVC primary caregivers were more likely to be overweight than non-primary caregivers living with OVC (Swaziland AOR = 1.56, Zambia AOR = 2.62) and non-primary caregivers not living with OVC (Swaziland AOR = 1.92, Zambia AOR = 1.94). Namibian OVC caregivers were less likely to be overweight than non-caregivers not living with an OVC only in certain age groups (21–29 and 41–49 years old). Conclusions: African public health systems/OVC programs may face an overweight epidemic alongside existing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics. Future studies/interventions to curb overweight should consider OVC caregiving status and address country-level differences.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2061-2
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2R49G91K
dc.identifier.citationKanamori, M., Carter-Pokras, O., Madhavan, S. et al. Overweight status of the primary caregivers of orphan and vulnerable children in 3 Southern African countries: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health 15, 757 (2015).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19669
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtEpidemiology & Biostatistics
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSchool of Public Health
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM)
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)
dc.subjectorphansen_US
dc.subjectoverweighten_US
dc.subjectAfrica South of the Saharaen_US
dc.titleOverweight status of the primary caregivers of orphan and vulnerable children in 3 Southern African countries: a cross sectional studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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