Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Matanda, Dennis Juma"
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Breast-, complementary and bottle-feeding practices in Kenya: stagnant trends were experienced from 1998 to 2009
Matanda, Dennis Juma; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Kigaru, Dorcus Mbithe D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-02)The pattern of infant and young child feeding that provides the most benefit includes being put to the breast within an hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, continued breastfeeding along with complementary ... -
Changes in optimal childcare practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 demographic and health surveys
Matanda, Dennis Juma; Urke, Helga Bjørnøy; Mittelmark, Maurice B (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)Objective(s): Using nationally representative surveys conducted in Kenya, this study examined optimal health promoting childcare practices in 2003, 2008–9 and 2014. This was undertaken in the context of continuous ... -
Child Physical Growth and Care Practices in Kenya: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys
Matanda, Dennis Juma (Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-18)Background: The aims of this dissertation were to describe trends in child undernutrition in Kenya manifest as poor physical growth, along with trends in feeding care practices, and to examine socio-demographic correlates ... -
Child undernutrition in Kenya: trend analyses from 1993 to 2008-09
Matanda, Dennis Juma; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Kigaru, Dorcus Mbithe D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-13)Background: Research on trends in child undernutrition in Kenya has been hindered by the challenges of changing criteria for classifying undernutrition, and an emphasis in the literature on international comparisons of ... -
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 ...