Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among under 5 children in Satar community of Jhapa, Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most extreme and visible form of undernutrition plagued by chronic poverty, household food insecurity, lack of education. One of the indigenous and marginalized community of Nepal, Satar/Santhal has often been neglected and is devoid of good education and are economically deprived. This predisposes under 5 children of Satar into malnutrition. The study aims to assess determinants of SAM among children under 5 years of age in Satar community of Jhapa district, Nepal.

Material & methods

A community based matched case control study was carried from September 2019 to February 2020 among under five children of Satar community residing in Jhapa district. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 50 cases and 100 contr

SUBMITTER: Dahal K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7857586 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature