Factors associated with child malnutrition in mountainous ethnic minority communities in Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although in many low- and middle-income countries undernutrition is steadily decreasing, nutritional challenges persist in remote communities, such as those in mountainous areas of Lao PDR. Isolated, with limited access to food and to health care and other public services, local diets are low in both quantity and diversity. Data needed to guide policy and planning are lacking.

Objectives

The study aimed to identify the extent of malnutrition and associated factors among children aged 12-47 months in remote mountainous communities in Lao PDR.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Nong district, Savannakhet province, covering 173 households, involving heads of households, mothers and their children aged 12-47 months.

Results

The prevalence

SUBMITTER: Boulom S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7480462 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature