The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition
To identify socio-economic demographic and environmental factors that predict better height-for-age for children under 5 years of age in a Dhaka slum population.A panel survey, conducted between 1995 and 1997. A random sample of households was selected. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental...
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| author | Pryer, Jane A. Rogers, S. Rahman, Atiur |
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| description | To identify socio-economic demographic and environmental factors that predict better height-for-age for children under 5 years of age in a Dhaka slum population.A panel survey, conducted between 1995 and 1997. A random sample of households was selected. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental variables were collected monthly by questionnaire and nutritional status was assessed.Dhaka slums in Bangladesh.Three hundred and ninety-two children, surveyed in September–November 1996.Height-for-ageZ-score (HAZ) above −2.Thirty-one per cent of children had HAZ <−2. Logistic regression adjusted for cluster sampling showed that better nourished children were more likely to have taller mothers, to be from female-headed households and from families with higher income, electricity in the home, better latrines, more floor space and living in Central Mohammadpur. Better nourished children were less likely to have fathers who have taken days off from work due to illness.Interest in ‘positive deviance’ is motivated by the recognition that a focus on the malnourished only – the bottom tail of the distribution – provides indications of how families fail, but not of how they succeed in maintaining child nutrition in the face of adversity. Our analysis provides an alternative perspective on nutrition and vulnerability in an urban slum setting. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1576032024-11-15T08:53:11Z The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition Pryer, Jane A. Rogers, S. Rahman, Atiur children epidemiology nutritional status malnutrition To identify socio-economic demographic and environmental factors that predict better height-for-age for children under 5 years of age in a Dhaka slum population.A panel survey, conducted between 1995 and 1997. A random sample of households was selected. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental variables were collected monthly by questionnaire and nutritional status was assessed.Dhaka slums in Bangladesh.Three hundred and ninety-two children, surveyed in September–November 1996.Height-for-ageZ-score (HAZ) above −2.Thirty-one per cent of children had HAZ <−2. Logistic regression adjusted for cluster sampling showed that better nourished children were more likely to have taller mothers, to be from female-headed households and from families with higher income, electricity in the home, better latrines, more floor space and living in Central Mohammadpur. Better nourished children were less likely to have fathers who have taken days off from work due to illness.Interest in ‘positive deviance’ is motivated by the recognition that a focus on the malnourished only – the bottom tail of the distribution – provides indications of how families fail, but not of how they succeed in maintaining child nutrition in the face of adversity. Our analysis provides an alternative perspective on nutrition and vulnerability in an urban slum setting. 2004-04 2024-10-24T12:50:58Z 2024-10-24T12:50:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157603 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Pryer, Jane A.; Rogers, S.; Rahman, Atiur. 2004. The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition. Public Health Nutrition 7(2): 311-317. https://doi.org/10.1079/phn2003530 |
| spellingShingle | children epidemiology nutritional status malnutrition Pryer, Jane A. Rogers, S. Rahman, Atiur The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| title | The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| title_full | The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| title_fullStr | The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| title_short | The epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| title_sort | epidemiology of good nutritional status among children from a population with a high prevalence of malnutrition |
| topic | children epidemiology nutritional status malnutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157603 |
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