Estimating the Burden of Child Undernutrition for Smaller Electoral Units in India.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Geographic targeting of public health interventions is needed in resource-constrained developing countries.

Objective

To develop methods for estimating health and development indicators across micropolicy units, using assembly constituencies (ACs) in India as an example.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included children younger than 5 years who participated in the fourth National Family and Health Survey (NFHS-4), conducted between January 2015 and December 2016. Participants lived in 36 states and union territories and 640 districts in India. Children who had valid weight and height measures were selected for stunting, underweight, and wasting analysis, and children between age 6 and 59 months with valid blood hemoglobin concen

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8556624 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature