Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi"
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An analysis of socio-demographic patterns in child malnutrition trends using Ghana demographic and health survey data in the period 1993-2008
Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Lartey, Anna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-16)Background A small but growing body of research indicates that progress in reducing child malnutrition is substantially uneven from place to place, even down to the district level within countries. Yet child malnutrition ... -
Association between maternal and child dietary diversity: An analysis of the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi; Mittelmark, Maurice B; Oduro, Abraham (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-25)Objective (s). This study examined the association between maternal and child dietary diversity in a population-based national sample in Ghana. Methods. The data for this analysis are from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and ... -
Child Care Practices, Resources for Care, and Nutritional Outcomes in Ghana: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi (Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-19)Introduction: The overarching empirical question of this study is this: how are children growing in Ghana and how is childcare related to child growth? Child health is a fundamental public health issue, for children's sake ... -
Dietary Diversity is a Predictor of Acute Malnutrition in Rural but Not in Urban Settings: Evidence from Ghana
Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Lartey, Anna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-05)Aims: To document the relationships between child dietary diversity and acute malnutrition (wasting) in urban and rural Ghana, controlling for maternal, child and household socio-demographic characteristics. Study Design: ... -
Influence of childcare practices on nutritional status of Ghanaian children: a regression analysis of the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys
Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Lartey, Anna; Matanda, Dennis Juma; Urke, Helga Bjørnøy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-03)Objectives: Guided by the UNICEF framework for childcare, this study examined the association of childcare practices (CCP) with infant and young children’s growth (height-for-age Z-scores, HAZ), and investigated ... -
Reliability of demographic and socioeconomic variables in predicting early initiation of breastfeeding: a replication analysis using the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data
Matanda, Dennis Juma; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Urke, Helga Bjørnøy; Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-17)Objectives Examine the reliability of sociodemographic variables in predicting initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth (EarlyBF), using data from 1998, 2003 and 2008–2009. Study design A replication ...