Tanvir Hasan|Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães|Gail M. Williams|Abdullah Al Mamun
The role of maternal education in the 15-year trajectory of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh
University of Queensland|University of Queensland|Children's Medical Research Institute|Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute|University of Queensland|University of Queensland
abstract malnutrition children 5 years age u5s serious public health problem low middleincome countries including b angladesh improved maternal education contribute effectively reduce child malnutrition examined longterm impact maternal education risk malnutrition u5s quantified level education required mothers reduce risk used pooled data five nationwide demographic health surveys conducted 19961997 19992000 2004 2007 2011 b angladesh involving 28 941 u5s logbinomial regression model used examine association maternal education education primary secondary malnutrition children measured stunting underweight wasting controlling survey time maternal age maternal body mass index maternal working status parity paternal education wealth quintile overall improvement maternal educational attainment observed 1996 2011 prevalence malnutrition although decreasing consistently high among children mothers lower education compared mothers higher education adjusted models incorporating time effects children mothers secondary higher education lower risk childhood stunting risk ratio rr 086 95 confidence interval ci 081 089 underweight rr 083 95 ci 078 088 wasting rr 082 95 ci 074 091 compared children mothers education demonstrated importance promoting womens education least secondary level means tackle malnutrition b angladesh