Prevalence and correlates of stunting among children in rural Pakistan

Shah, Syed M; Selwyn, Beatrice J.; Luby, Stephen P.; Merchant, Anwar T.; Bano, Rashida

doi:10.1046/j.1442-200x.2003.01652.x

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“…This is in agreement with similar studies carried out in Bangladeshi slum [28]. But it is different from another study, which showed children of non-working mother have a better nutritional status than the working mother [29,30].…”

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Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among School Age Slum Children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Yeasmin¹,

Islam²

2016

Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences

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Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among School Age Slum Children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Yeasmin¹,

Islam²

2016

Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences

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“…In addition to this study, malnutrition among children is the most important reason for poor health among the young ones in Pakistan which is extensively discussed in the studies conducted in different areas (Baig-Ansari et al, 2006;Khuwaja et al, 2005;Shah et al, 2003). Terrorism has devastated the physical and mental health of Pakistanis' and has shaken economy drastically (Hussain, 2010;Looney, 2004;Momani, 2004), whereas these activities have not only inducted many handicaps but also alter the lifestyles of the survivors (Riedel, 2008;Shah, 2010).…”

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Socio-Economic Inequalities and their Impact on Health in Pakistan

Vincent¹

2016

International Journal of Research in Nursing

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This article critically reviews published literature on the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities and health outcomes in Pakistan. Studies are systematically assessed in terms to find the relationship between the social, economic, political and biological determinants to health. The studies shown that the genetical abnormalities, malnutrition and terrorism have significantly affected the quality of life. Moreover, international relations and the national policies have adversely affected the health outcome in the masses of population. Among the socio-economic determinants social exclusion and discrimination, being woman, health compliance, economic polarization in the society, education level, unemployment and work jeopardizes derives the inequality in health of the population which eventually has the implications on the poor economy of the country.

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“…Data analysis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 1 [3], also showed that that mother's education has a strong independent effect on a child's nutritional status even after controlling for the potentially confounding effects of the 12 other demographic and socioeconomic variables [18]. Further improvement in nutritional status with maternal education has been reported by other workers [19][20][21][22]. Fathers' education was not significantly associated with any of the three indices of malnutrition.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Earlier studies have demonstrated relationship between the salaries of the father and one or more indices of malnutrition [21,22].…”

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Determinants of Nutritional Status of School Children

Mukherjee

Chaturvedi

Bhalwar

2008

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Background : A cross sectional study was carried out to determine the nutritional status of school children in Army School, Pune. Methods: Anthropometric survey of 760 school children was carried out and compared against the NCHS/WHO reference standards to determine their nutritional status. Associations of nutritional status with socio-economic status, education status of parents, mothers working status and family size were determined. Result: The prevalence of stunting was 13.81%, wasting 6.71% and under nutrition 9.87%. Mothers' educational level, wasting, socio economic status and family size were significantly associated with the nutritional status of the child. Conclusion: Maternal educational status, socio-economic status and family size are important determinants of nutritional status of school children.

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Prevalence and correlates of stunting among children in rural Pakistan

Cited by 73 publications

References 17 publications

Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among School Age Slum Children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among School Age Slum Children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Socio-Economic Inequalities and their Impact on Health in Pakistan

Determinants of Nutritional Status of School Children

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