Using participatory epidemiology to investigate women's knowledge on the seasonality and causes of acute malnutrition in Karamoja, Uganda.

ABSTRACT: The Karamoja region of northeast Uganda had been characterized by high levels of acute malnutrition (AM) for decades, despite substantial aid investment in nutrition programmes. Participatory epidemiology (PE) was used to understand the seasonality of child AM from the perspective of women agro-pastoralists and understand their knowledge and prioritization of the causes of child AM. Women provided highly plausible descriptions and analysis of monthly variations in the occurrence of AM, livelihood factors related to the temporal variation in AM occurrence, the root causes of AM and relationships between these causes. Overall, AM was strongly attributed to declining livestock ownership and access to cow milk and normalized gender discrimination. Monthly calendars revealed important monthly p

SUBMITTER: Catley A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977474 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature