Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 2 · Licensed source edition
Is Responsive Feeding Difficult? A Case Study in Teso South Sub-County, Kenya
Originally published 2022-11-04 · Nutrients
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/nu14214677 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Which family or community routines shape what I can do when my child signals hunger?
This article examines how local constraints shape caregivers’ responses to feeding cues in western Kenya. The family decision is how caregivers can preserve an active role for the child within developmentally suitable feeding routines.
Who was studied?
Caregivers in Teso South, Kenya, contributing focus groups and trials of improved practices.
Age / stage: Early childhood
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about how local constraints shape caregivers’ responses to feeding cues in western Kenya?
- Who supplied the account, and where did participants describe a different experience from one another?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is caregivers in Teso South, Kenya, contributing focus groups and trials of improved practices.
Keep the limits in view
The accounts show how the participants understood these experiences. They do not estimate how common those experiences are among other families.
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Eleonore C. Kretz; Annet Itaru; Maria Gracia Glas; Lydiah Maruti Waswa; Irmgard Jordan (2022). Is Responsive Feeding Difficult? A Case Study in Teso South Sub-County, Kenya Nutrients. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14214677
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