Decreased attendance at routine health activities mediates deterioration in nutritional status of young African children under worsening socioeconomic conditions | Zendy

Yves MartinPrével | Zendy; Pierre Traissac | Zendy; Francis Delpeuch | Zendy; Bernard Maire | Zendy

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Decreased attendance at routine health activities mediates deterioration in nutritional status of young African children under worsening socioeconomic conditions

Author(s) -

Yves MartinPrével,

Pierre Traissac,

Francis Delpeuch,

Bernard Maire

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.3.493

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , attendance , medicine , context (archaeology) , environmental health , cross sectional study , demography , developing country , public health , body mass index , gerontology , population , geography , nursing , archaeology , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth

Economic crisis and sociopolitical instability are generally associated with worsening health and nutrition in developing countries. This study examines the role played by the attendance rate of young children at routine health activities in the deterioration of their nutritional status under adverse social and economic conditions.

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