影响冈比亚青少年女孩营养不良的因素:一种混合方法探索性研究
Haddy Jallow-Badjan1, Tanefa A Apekey2, Maria J Maynard3
1Migrant Health Research Group, School of Health, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
BMC public health
|January 8, 2025
概括
冈比亚的形成性研究表明,文化规范和有限的资源影响了青少年女孩的营养状况. 了解这些因素对于未来对营养不良的大规模研究至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 人类学是人类学.
背景情况:
- 关于冈比亚青少年女孩营养不良的研究有限.
- 在大规模研究之前,形成性研究是必不可少的.
- 这项研究探讨了文化背景,招聘方法和数据收集可行性.
研究的目的:
- 探索与青少年女孩的营养状况相关的文化背景.
- 评估研究人员招聘和数据收集方法的可行性和适当性.
- 评估收集的数据的可信性,用于未来的研究.
主要方法:
- 在城市和农村的冈比亚混合方法,横截面研究 (2021年5月至6月).
- 32名青少年女孩 (年龄在10-19岁) 的有目的抽样.
- 四个焦点小组讨论 (FGD) 和问卷填写;进行人体测量测量.
主要成果:
- 五个主题出现了:文化规范,饮食概念,营养不良的方法,招聘障碍/促进者和方法的可接受性.
- 资源有限 (食品市场,电力) 显著影响农村营养不良.
- 冈比亚面临着营养不良的双重负担:发育迟缓 (41%),体重不足 (31%) 和超重/肥胖 (10%),农村地区的体重不足率更高.
结论:
- 这项探索性研究为更大规模的研究计划提供了关键数据,以研究冈比亚青少年女性营养不良.
- 营养不良的城乡差异和参与研究的障碍需要注意.
- 研究结果为文化敏感和有效的青少年营养研究策略提供了信息.
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