Nutritional status as a central determinant of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: A quantitative conceptual framework.

ABSTRACT: Child mortality is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and is influenced by nutritional status. A conceptual framework was proposed to explain factors related to undernutrition. Previously proposed conceptual frameworks for undernutrition do not consider child mortality and describe factors related to undernutrition from a qualitative viewpoint only. A structural equation modelling approach was applied to the data from World Bank and FAO databases collected from over 37 sub-Saharan countries from 2000 to the most recent update. Ten food groups, exclusive breastfeeding, poverty and illiteracy rates, and environmental hygiene were investigated in relation to underweight, stunting, low birthweight, and child mortality. Standardized beta coefficient was reported, and graphical

SUBMITTER: Ricci C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199068 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature