[ CRISE POST-ÉLECTORALE ET MALNUTRITION EN CÔTE D’IVOIRE ]
Volume 26, Issue 2, September 2016, Pages 476–483
Zahe Kollet1, Ouattara Howélé2, Méité Alassane3, Aké-Tanoh Odile4, and Kati-coulibaly Séraphin5
1 UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 UFR Biologie, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly de Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR Sciences Médicales, Institut Nationale de Santé Publique, Côte d’Ivoire
5 UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status and identify risk factors among children between 0 and 59 months year old witch were in consultation at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) for a post crisis period. To attend this objective, a prospective anthropometric survey descriptive type was made. The survey was held in 2013 from August the first to September the 30th. Although, we found a relative increase in the prevalence of malnutrition during the post-crisis period compared to a result of previous work, the most important factors of the increase of malnutrition were still the age of dietary diversification and the socioeconomic level of the family. Indeed, children who have been subjected to dietary diversification before the age of six months and those who leave in households with lower economic level were the most affected by malnutrition. It will be useful to practice exclusively breastfeeding during the first six months of children life. After six months, food diversification should be progressive. Medical follow-up of children born in the post-crisis period would be welcome to optimize their physical and intellectual development.
Author Keywords: anthropometric survey, malnutrition, children, Côte d'Ivoire.
Volume 26, Issue 2, September 2016, Pages 476–483
Zahe Kollet1, Ouattara Howélé2, Méité Alassane3, Aké-Tanoh Odile4, and Kati-coulibaly Séraphin5
1 UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 UFR Biologie, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly de Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR Sciences Médicales, Institut Nationale de Santé Publique, Côte d’Ivoire
5 UFR Biosciences, Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status and identify risk factors among children between 0 and 59 months year old witch were in consultation at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) for a post crisis period. To attend this objective, a prospective anthropometric survey descriptive type was made. The survey was held in 2013 from August the first to September the 30th. Although, we found a relative increase in the prevalence of malnutrition during the post-crisis period compared to a result of previous work, the most important factors of the increase of malnutrition were still the age of dietary diversification and the socioeconomic level of the family. Indeed, children who have been subjected to dietary diversification before the age of six months and those who leave in households with lower economic level were the most affected by malnutrition. It will be useful to practice exclusively breastfeeding during the first six months of children life. After six months, food diversification should be progressive. Medical follow-up of children born in the post-crisis period would be welcome to optimize their physical and intellectual development.
Author Keywords: anthropometric survey, malnutrition, children, Côte d'Ivoire.
Abstract: (french)
L’objectif de ce travail était d’évaluer l’état nutritionnel et de déterminer les facteurs de risques de la malnutrition chez les enfants de 0 à 59 mois en consultation à l’Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP) pendant une période de post-crise. A cet effet, une enquête anthropométrique prospective de type descriptif s’est déroulée du 1er août au 30 septembre 2013. Quoi qu’on est constaté une augmentation relative de la prévalence de la malnutrition et de ces corollaires pendant cette période post-crise par rapport à des résultats de travaux antérieurs, les facteurs les plus déterminants restent l’âge de la diversification alimentaire et le niveau socioéconomique de la famille. En effet, les enfants de moins de six ans et ceux des ménages à niveau économique plus bas étaient les plus touchés. Il conviendrait de pratiquer l’allaitement maternel exclusif pendant les six premiers mois de la vie. A partir de six mois, la diversification alimentaire doit être progressive. Un suivi médical rapproché des enfants nés dans cette période post-crise serait le bienvenu afin d’optimiser leur développement physique et intellectuel.
Author Keywords: enquête anthropométrique, malnutrition, enfants, Côte d’Ivoire.
How to Cite this Article
Zahe Kollet, Ouattara Howélé, Méité Alassane, Aké-Tanoh Odile, and Kati-coulibaly Séraphin, “MALNUTRITION AND POST-ELECTORAL CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 476–483, September 2016.
