TY - JOUR
T1 - Constraints on the use of animal source foods for young children in Ghana
T2 - A participatory rapid appraisal approach
AU - Colecraft, Esi
AU - Marquis, Grace S.
AU - Aryeetey, Richmond
AU - Sakyi-Dawson, Owuraku
AU - Lartey, Anna
AU - Ahunu, Benjamin
AU - Canacoo, Emmanuel
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Micronutrient deficiencies limit child health and development. Although animal source foods (ASF) provide highly bioavailable micronutrients, Ghanaian preschoolers consume little. Participatory rapid appraisal methods identified constraints to the availability, accessibility, and utilization of ASF. Stakeholders working with or living in six communities in three agro-ecological zones reported constraints including low income, lack of access to technology and markets, inequitable household food allocation, inadequate knowledge, and beliefs. The least expensive ASF was fish, which was easy to preserve and consumed by all communities. Since ASF was primarily purchased, interventions that increase income may be most successful in improving Ghanaian children's diets.
AB - Micronutrient deficiencies limit child health and development. Although animal source foods (ASF) provide highly bioavailable micronutrients, Ghanaian preschoolers consume little. Participatory rapid appraisal methods identified constraints to the availability, accessibility, and utilization of ASF. Stakeholders working with or living in six communities in three agro-ecological zones reported constraints including low income, lack of access to technology and markets, inequitable household food allocation, inadequate knowledge, and beliefs. The least expensive ASF was fish, which was easy to preserve and consumed by all communities. Since ASF was primarily purchased, interventions that increase income may be most successful in improving Ghanaian children's diets.
KW - Animal source foods
KW - Children
KW - Diet
KW - Ghana
KW - Micronutrients
KW - Participatory rapid appraisal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33750829280&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03670240600985464
DO - 10.1080/03670240600985464
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750829280
SN - 0367-0244
VL - 45
SP - 351
EP - 377
JO - Ecology of Food and Nutrition
JF - Ecology of Food and Nutrition
IS - 5
ER -