A street trader is someone who sells something in the street, either from a stall or van or with their goods laid out on the sidewalk.
Published in Chapter:
Child Swaddling or Back Wrapping During Street Trading: Where Are the Media to Protect Child Rights?
Emmanuel O. Amoo (Demography and Social Statistics, Covenant University, Nigeria), Mofoluwake P. Ajayi (Sociology Department, Covenant University, Nigeria), Faith O. Olanrewaju (Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University, Nigeria), Tomike Olawande (Sociology Department, Covenant University, Nigeria), and Adebanke Olawole-Isaac (Demography and Social Statistics, Covenant University, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0329-4.ch012
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).