Child Swaddling or Back Wrapping During Street Trading: Where Are the Media to Protect Child Rights?

Amoo, Emmanuel and Ajayi, Mofoluwake and Olanrewaju, Faith and OLAWANDE, TOMIKE IBIRONKE and Olawole-Isaac, Adebanke (2020) Child Swaddling or Back Wrapping During Street Trading: Where Are the Media to Protect Child Rights? In: Media and its role in protecting the rights of children in Africa. IGI Global, pp. 254-276.

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Abstract

The study is premised on social responsibility and social epidemiological theories and examined the exposure of back-wrapped babies to health risk during street trading. Data were collected using structured face-to-face interviews and snowballing techniques among 228 Street trading women (with children aged ≤ 11 months), in one local government area of Ogun State, Nigeria. Data analyses involved univariate and multivariate methods. The results show that 58.3% of women interviewed wrapped their babies at their back while trading on the streets, ≥80% were not aware of any campaign against baby back-wrapping, 35% viewed baby back-wrapping as medicinal for the baby, and as traditional practice (59.2%). The multivariate analysis revealed that children wrapped while trading on the street are at higher risk of exposure to illness than those not back wrapped (OR=1.778, p=0.042). The authors suggested media campaign against back-wrapping baby while trading on the street to reduce exposure to diseases, mortalities and possibly achievement of sustainable development goal (SDG-3).

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Mrs. FAITH OSASUMWEN OLANREWAJU
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2021 15:20
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2022 11:39
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/14844

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