Child health as one of the main indicators of economic development has been included directly in the millennium development goals. Due to the increased rate of mothers' employment and education along with children malnutrition, the effect of mothers’ socioeconomic status on children’s health was examined in this study. In case study, data on children at birth were gathered from heal...

OBJECTIVE To compare the estimated prevalence of malnutrition using the World Health Organization's (WHO) child growth standards versus the National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) growth reference, to examine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and malnutrition, and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of nutritional status indicators for predicting death during infan...

background: malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of india and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. objectives: aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. study design: a cross sectional study. study subjects: lodha tribal children aged 1-5 years. sample size: a total of 141 ch...

Uganda suffers from a high rate of child mortality which has improved little if at all in the last twenty years. The paper uses data from the 1992 Integrated Household Survey to model the determinants of child mortality and malnutrition. Parental beliefs about health have a strong and very highly significant influence on child mortality. Education and income also play a role, partly coming thro...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association between socioeconomic inequality and the average level of malnutrition, and to draw attention to different patterns of socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. METHODS Both stunting and wasting were measured using new WHO ...

AIMS To determine whether current and postpartum maternal depression and low maternal intelligence are risk factors for malnutrition in children. METHODS In rural South India 72 children with malnutrition were identified from a central register; 72 controls were matched for age, gender, and residence. RESULTS Major depression in the postpartum period (OR 5.0, 95% CI 1.0 to 24.0), current ma...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of paediatric tuberculosis prevention, by reevaluation factors in children exposed to tuberculosis from less privileged strata of Pakistan. METHODS This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted at National Institute of Child Health, from January 2004 to December 2005. Paediatric patients under 15 years of either gender, diagnosed with active tuberc...

Stunting is when a child grows slowly and not as tall the average child, caused by malnutrition for long time (chronic nutritional problems). East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province with highest stunting rate in Indonesia 2021, prevalence of 37.8%. There are 8 out 10 toddlers category status value -3 to -2 (BB/TB). This study aimed determine correlation between incidence at Posyandu Sabulmil, Lakmara...

OBJECTIVE To describe the case of two siblings with severe protein-calorie malnutrition due to abuse by starvation. CASES DESCRIPTION The two patients were simultaneously referred from the Municipal Hospital, where they were admitted to the Pediatric Gastroenterology clinic of a university hospital for diagnostic investigation of the cause of severe malnutrition and screening tests for Celiac...

BACKGROUND Rates of child malnutrition and mortality in India remain high. We tested the hypothesis that rising food prices are contributing to India's slow progress in improving childhood survival. METHODS Using rounds 2 and 3 (2002-08) of the Indian District Level Household Survey, we calculated neonatal, infant and under-five mortality rates in 364 districts, and merged these with district...