Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa
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Date
2003
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Cambridge University Press
Abstract
To identify the factors associated with childhood undernutrition. Cross-sectional survey. Hlabisa health district in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa. Eight hundred and sixty-eight children aged 3–59 months. Questionnaire survey and anthropometric survey of 516 random households with children in the health district. Multivariate analysis took into account the
hierarchical relationships between the proposed risk factors. This conceptual model
was built up during qualitative studies and with reference to international research in
this area. The mean Z-scores for weight-for-age and height-for-age were 20.52 (95%
confidence interval (CI) 20.44 to 20.60) and 21.25 (95% CI 21.15 to 21.35),
respectively. Of the children, 26.3% (95% CI 23.3–29.3%) were stunted, 12.0% (95% CI
9.8–4.2%) were underweight-for-age (UWFA) and only 1.3% were wasted.
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Public health, Nutrition, Breast-feeding, Midwifery/nursing, South Africa
Citation
Chopra, M. (2003). Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa. Public Health Nutrition, 6 (7) , 645-652. https://doi.org/10.1079/PHN2003477