@article{Compaore2021-hg,

title = {'Men are not playing their roles', maternal and child nutrition  in Nanoro, Burkina Faso},

author = {Ad\'{e}la"ide Compaor\'{e} and Kadija Ouedraogo and Palwende R Boua and Daniella Watson and Sarah H Kehoe and Marie-Louise Newell and Halidou Tinto and Mary Barker and Hermann Sorgho and INPreP group},

doi = {10.1017/S1368980020003365},

issn = {1475-2727 1368-9800},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-08-01},

urldate = {2021-08-01},

journal = {Public Health Nutr.},

volume = {24},

number = {12},

pages = {3780--3790},

publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},

abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To collect context-specific insights into maternal 

 and child health and nutrition issues, and to explore potential 

 solutions in Nanoro, Burkina Faso. DESIGN: Eleven focus groups 

 with men and women from eleven communities, facilitated by local 

 researchers. SETTING: The study took place in the Nanoro Health 

 district, in the West-Central part of Burkina Faso. 

 PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-six men (18-55 years) and women by age 

 group: 18-25; 26-34 and 35-55 years, participated in the group 

 discussions. RESULTS: Participants described barriers to optimal 

 nutrition of mothers and children related to a range of 

 community factors, with gender inequality as central. Major 

 themes in the discussions are related to poverty and challenges 

 generated by socially and culturally determined gender roles. 

 Sub-themes are women lacking access to food whilst pregnant and 

 having limited access to health care and opportunities to 

 generate income. Although communities believe that food 

 donations should be implemented to overcome this, they also 

 pointed out the need for enhancing their own food production, 

 requiring improved agricultural technologies. Given the 

 important role that women could play in reducing malnutrition, 

 these communities felt they needed to be empowered to do so and 

 supported by men. They also felt that this had to be carried out 

 in the context of an enhanced health care system. CONCLUSIONS: 

 Findings reported here highlight the importance of 

 nutrition-sensitive interventions and women's empowerment in 

 improving maternal and child nutrition. There is a need to 

 integrate a sustainable multi-sectorial approach which goes 

 beyond food support.},

note = {Place: England

PMID: 33000717},

keywords = {Burkina Faso, Child, Child nutrition, Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Community perceptions, Empowerment, Female, Humans, Male, Maternal nutrition, Mothers, Nutritional Status, Pregnancy, Qualitative research},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}