Nutritional status and its associated factors among under five years Muslim children of Kapilvastu district, Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is a major public health problem throughout the world especially in Southeast Asia. This study aims to find out nutritional status and its associated factors among under five Muslim children of Kapilvastu district Nepal.

Methods

Community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 336 under five Muslim children in Kapilvastu district Nepal from December 2021 to May 2022. Multistage probability random sampling was used. Among ten local units, three were selected randomly. Then from selected three units, two wards from each unit which covers large proportion of Muslim were selected purposively. After selecting wards, listing of household having children 6 to 59 months was done with the help of Female Community Health Volunteers and 56 children were

SUBMITTER: Bhusal CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9844888 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature