1 1 2 3 Examining the role of women’s engagement in khat production on child 4 nutritional outcomes using longitudinal data in East Oromia, Ethiopia 5 6 Karah Mechlowitz 1 , Nitya Singh 2 , Xiaolong Li 3 , Dehao Chen 4 , Yang Yang 5 , Ibsa Abdusemed 7 Ahmed 6 , Jafer Kedir Amin 7 , Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim 8 , Abadir Jemal Seran 9 , Ibsa Aliyi 8 Usmane 10 , Arie H. Havelaar 11 , and Sarah L. McKune 12 * on behalf on the CAGED Research 9 Team ^ 10 11 1 Department of Family, Health and Wellbeing, University of Minnesota Extension, St. Paul, MN, 12 United States of America 13 14 2 Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Emerging 15 Pathogens Institute, Food Systems Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States 16 of America 17 18 3 Emerging Pathogens Institute, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of 19 Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of 20 America 21 22 4 Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 23 United States of America 24 25 5 Department of Statistics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, 26 GA, United States of America 27 28 6 Department of Public Health and Health Policy, School of Public Health, College of Health and 29 Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia 30 31 7 College of Veterinary Medicine, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia Regional State, 32 Ethiopia 33 34 8 Office of Research Affairs, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia 35 36 9 Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia 37 38 10 School of Rural Development and Agricultural Innovation, College of Agriculture and 39 Environmental Science, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia 40 41 11 Emerging Pathogens Institute, Global Food Systems Institute, Department of Animal Sciences, 42 Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States 43 of America 44 45 . CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. (which was not certified by peer review) The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted April 6, 2024. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.05.24305073 doi: medRxiv preprint NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice.