Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional study on 193 mothers of children 6 to 18 months of age in an African-Colombian community, with the objectives: (1) to adapt and validate the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project scale, the DUKE-UNC-11 social support scale, and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) partner support scale, and (2) to identify any existent relationship between nutritional status in infancy and both food insecurity and social support. We determined construct validity using factor analysis and theoretical models-based non-parametric correlations. Length-for-age and weight-for-length Z-results were calculated. Factor analyses reduced the hunger scale to one factor, the DUKE-UNC-11 scale to two factors, and the QLSCD scale to one factor. The Cronbach's alpha test ranged between 0.70 and 0.90. Both food insecurity and social support scales were correlated with mother's social conditions, and social support was positively associated with social networks and mother's self-perceived health status. Food insecurity, emotional-social support, and partner's negative support were associated with lower height-to-age and therefore a higher ratio of chronic malnutrition. The study supports the appropriateness of the instruments to measure the expressed concepts.
Highlights
Los recursos para el cuidado son un elemento importante para que las prácticas de cuidado infantil sean efectivas 1
We conducted a cross-sectional study on 193 mothers of children 6 to 18 months of age in an African-Colombian community, with the objectives: [1] to adapt and validate the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project scale, the DUKE-UNC-11 social support scale, and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) partner support scale, and [2] to identify any existent relationship between nutritional status in infancy and both food insecurity and social support
The Cronbach’s alpha test ranged between 0.70 and 0.90. Both food insecurity and social support scales were correlated with mother’s social conditions, and social support was positively associated with social networks and mother’s self-perceived health status
Summary
El cuestionario total constaba de 11 secciones: características sociodemográficas de la madre y padre del niño, las condiciones de la vivienda, la estructura familiar, la red social, la salud materna, el estado de salud del niño, las prácticas de alimentación del niño, la seguridad alimentaria, la frecuencia de consumo de alimen-. Tabla 1 Cuestionario de inseguridad alimentaria (Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project)
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