Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Armed conflicts are associated with an increased risk of food insecurity, the leading cause of malnutrition in low-and-middle-income countries. Multiple studies have uncovered significant influences of childhood malnutrition on children's overall health and development. As a result, it is increasingly important to understand how childhood experience of armed conflict intersects with childhood malnutrition in conflict-prone countries like Nigeria. This study examined the association between different measures of childhood experiences of armed conflicts and the nutritional health outcomes of children aged 36-59 months.

Methods

We used data from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey linked with Uppsala Conflict Data Program Geo-Referenced Events Dataset using geo

SUBMITTER: Makinde OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10053485 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature