Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence
This study explores whether deviation in rainfall in Ethiopia, a drought prone country, is a sensitive indicator of future increases in wasting. Around 12% of children 0–23 months were wasted, but we found no consistent association between the rainfall shock variables and child weight-for-height Z-s...
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| author | Ledlie, Natasha Alderman, Harold Leroy, Jef L. You, Liangzhi |
| author_browse | Alderman, Harold Ledlie, Natasha Leroy, Jef L. You, Liangzhi |
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| description | This study explores whether deviation in rainfall in Ethiopia, a drought prone country, is a sensitive indicator of future increases in wasting. Around 12% of children 0–23 months were wasted, but we found no consistent association between the rainfall shock variables and child weight-for-height Z-scores. The results indicate that monitoring rainfall does not provide a practical early warning to use for scaling up financing and management of preventative measures without additional information to increase precision. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1456402024-10-25T07:53:16Z Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence Ledlie, Natasha Alderman, Harold Leroy, Jef L. You, Liangzhi weather hazards child nutrition stunting malnutrition rainfall patterns This study explores whether deviation in rainfall in Ethiopia, a drought prone country, is a sensitive indicator of future increases in wasting. Around 12% of children 0–23 months were wasted, but we found no consistent association between the rainfall shock variables and child weight-for-height Z-scores. The results indicate that monitoring rainfall does not provide a practical early warning to use for scaling up financing and management of preventative measures without additional information to increase precision. 2018-01-10 2024-06-21T09:04:47Z 2024-06-21T09:04:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145640 en Open Access Nature Publishing Group Ledlie, Natasha; Alderman, Harold; Leroy, Jef L.; and You, Liangzhi [游良志]. 2018. Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 72: 177-178. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.144 |
| spellingShingle | weather hazards child nutrition stunting malnutrition rainfall patterns Ledlie, Natasha Alderman, Harold Leroy, Jef L. You, Liangzhi Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| title | Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| title_full | Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| title_fullStr | Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| title_short | Rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| title_sort | rainfall shocks are not necessarily a sensitive early indicator of changes in wasting prevalence |
| topic | weather hazards child nutrition stunting malnutrition rainfall patterns |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145640 |
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