Malnutrition: Poverty and Study
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ABSTRACT
While appropriate infant and young child feeding are important for the growth, development as well as to the survival of the child, malnutrition remains the main underlying factor for up to half of all deaths of children under five years of age in developing countries. Malnutrition affects physical growth, morbidity, mortality, cognitive development, reproduction, and physical work capacity, and it consequently impacts on human performance, health and survival. It is an underlying factor in many diseases for both children and adults, and is particularly prevalent in developing countries, where it affects one out of every 3 pre school age children. A well-nourished child is one whose weight and height measurements compare very well with the standard normal distribution of heights and weights of healthy children of the same age and sex. Besides poverty, there are other factors that directly or indirectly affect the nutritional status of children including underlying, immediate and basic factors, play a role in the development of malnutrition. In the present study, an attempt will be made to understand the determinants of child malnutrition in children in Korogocho slums, one of the informal settlements in Nairobi County. Based on a descriptive, cross sectional study and probability sampling methods, the study seeks to specifically determine the factors behind the prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in informal settlements in informal settlements; investigate the immediate and underlying factors contributing to
I, hereby declare that to the best of my knowledge the work presented in this dissertation has not been presented for any other degree in any University. All work is original unless otherwise acknowledged.
Signature……………………....Date …………..…………
This Research proposal has been submitted for examination with my approval as the Course Lecturer
Name:
Signature ………………..…… Date…………………….
ABSTRACT
While appropriate infant and young child feeding are important for the growth, development as well as to the survival of the child, malnutrition remains the main underlying factor for up to half of all deaths of children under five years of age in developing countries. Malnutrition affects physical growth, morbidity, mortality, cognitive development, reproduction, and physical work capacity, and it consequently impacts on human performance, health and survival. It is an underlying factor in many diseases for both children and adults, and is particularly prevalent in developing countries, where it affects one out of every 3 pre school age children. A well-nourished child is one whose weight and height measurements compare very well with the standard normal distribution of heights and weights of healthy children of the same age and sex. Besides poverty, there are other factors that directly or indirectly affect the nutritional status of children including underlying, immediate and basic factors, play a role in the development of malnutrition. In the present study, an attempt will be made to understand the determinants of child malnutrition in children in Korogocho slums, one of the informal settlements in Nairobi County. Based on a descriptive, cross sectional study and probability sampling methods, the study seeks to specifically determine the factors behind the prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in informal settlements in informal settlements; investigate the immediate and underlying factors contributing to
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