Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorChopra, Mickey
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-02T09:50:20Z
dc.date.available2023-03-02T09:50:20Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractTo 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChopra, 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/PHN2003477en_US
dc.identifier.issn1475-2727
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1079/PHN2003477
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8494
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectNutritionen_US
dc.subjectBreast-feedingen_US
dc.subjectMidwifery/nursingen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleRisk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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