Spatial variations and determinants of malnutrition among under-five children in Nigeria: A population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Childhood undernutrition is a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria. Determinants of child malnutrition may have substantial spatial heterogeneity. Failure to account for these small area spatial variations may cause child malnutrition intervention programs and policies to exclude some sub-populations and reduce the effectiveness of such interventions. This study uses the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) and a geo-additive regression model to investigate Nigeria's prevalence and risk factors of childhood undernutrition. The geo-additive model permits a flexible, joint estimation of linear, non-linear, and spatial effects of some risk factors on the nutritional status of under-five children in Nigeria. We draw on data from the most recent

SUBMITTER: Amusa LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089328 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature