Association of both Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices with childhood malnutrition in Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study of the 2017 Lao Social Indicator Survey II.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed whether Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), either alone or combined, were associated with malnutrition among Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) children aged 6 to <24 months.

Design

This is a secondary analysis of the 2017 Lao Social Indicator Survey II (LSIS II), which used multistage probability proportional to size sampling. Logistic regression analyses were conducted with OR and its corresponding 95% CI.

Setting

The LSIS II was conducted a nationwide household-based survey covering all 18 provinces in Lao PDR.

Participants

We had a total of 3375 children (weighted sample 3345) and 357 households with data on drinking water.

Outcome measures

The outcomes of this study were stun

SUBMITTER: Som SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature