Open AccessSocio-economic factors predisposing under five-year-old children to Severe protein energy malnutrition at the Moi teaching and referral hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
Author(s) -
SO Ayaya,
Fabian Esamai,
Joseph K. Rotich,
AR Olwambula
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v81i8.9203
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , referral , protein–energy malnutrition , kwashiorkor , pediatrics , environmental health , family medicine
Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children aged five years and below. Risk factors for severe protein energy malnutrition (PEM) have been identified as ignorance, family size, mothers and fathers education, poverty, residence, chronic infections, and congenital defects or malformations. The role of such social factors as the caretaker, extended family, homestead surroundings, and family cohesiveness have not been studied in Kenya.