Individual-level drivers of dietary behaviour in adolescents and women through the reproductive life course in urban Ghana : a photovoice study

Liguori, J.; Pradeilles, R.; Laar, A.; Zotor, F.; Tandoh, A.; Klomegah, S.; Osei-Kwasi, H. A.; /Le Port, Agnès; Bricas, N.; Aryeetey, R.; Akparibo, R.; Griffiths, P.; /Holdsworth, Michelle

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dc.creator	Liguori, J.
dc.creator	Pradeilles, R.
dc.creator	Laar, A.
dc.creator	Zotor, F.
dc.creator	Tandoh, A.
dc.creator	Klomegah, S.
dc.creator	Osei-Kwasi, H. A.
dc.creator	/Le Port, Agnès
dc.creator	Bricas, N.
dc.creator	Aryeetey, R.
dc.creator	Akparibo, R.
dc.creator	Griffiths, P.
dc.creator	/Holdsworth, Michelle
dc.date	2022
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-14T18:38:25Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-14T18:38:25Z
dc.identifier	https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085953
dc.identifier	oai:ird.fr:fdi:010085953
dc.identifier	Liguori J., Pradeilles R., Laar A., Zotor F., Tandoh A., Klomegah S., Osei-Kwasi H. A., Le Port Agnès, Bricas N., Aryeetey R., Akparibo R., Griffiths P., Holdsworth Michelle. Individual-level drivers of dietary behaviour in adolescents and women through the reproductive life course in urban Ghana : a photovoice study. 2022, [Early access], p. e13412 [16 p.]
dc.identifier.uri	https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/169891
dc.description	Evidence on the individual-level drivers of dietary behaviours in deprived urban contexts in Africa is limited. Understanding how to best inform the development and delivery of interventions to promote healthy dietary behaviours is needed. As noncommunicable diseases account for over 40% of deaths in Ghana, the country has reached an advanced stage of nutrition transition. The aim of this study was to identify individual-level factors (biological, demographic, cognitive, practices) influencing dietary behaviours among adolescent girls and women at different stages of the reproductive life course in urban Ghana with the goal of building evidence to improve targeted interventions. Qualitative Photovoice interviews (n = 64) were conducted in two urban neighbourhoods in Accra and Ho with adolescent girls (13-14 years) and women of reproductive age (15-49 years). Data analysis was both theory- and data-driven to allow for emerging themes. Thirty-seven factors, across four domains within the individual-level, were identified as having an influence on dietary behaviours: biological (n = 5), demographic (n = 8), cognitions (n = 13) and practices (n = 11). Several factors emerged as facilitators or barriers to healthy eating, with income/wealth (demographic); nutrition knowledge/preferences/risk perception (cognitions); and cooking skills/eating at home/time constraints (practices) emerging most frequently. Pregnancy/lactating status (biological) influenced dietary behaviours mainly through medical advice, awareness and willingness to eat foods to support foetal/infant growth and development. Many of these factors were intertwined with the wider food environment, especially concerns about the cost of food and food safety, suggesting that interventions need to account for individual-level as well as wider environmental drivers of dietary behaviours.
dc.language	EN
dc.subject	adolescent
dc.subject	behaviours
dc.subject	diet
dc.subject	Ghana
dc.subject	Photovoice
dc.subject	urban
dc.subject	women of childbearing age
dc.title	Individual-level drivers of dietary behaviour in adolescents and women through the reproductive life course in urban Ghana : a photovoice study
dc.type	text
dc.coverage	GHANA