Eco-geographic patterns of child malnutrition in India and its association with cereal cultivation: An analysis using demographic health survey and agriculture datasets. High prevalence of maternal malnutrition, low birth-weight and child malnutrition in India contribute substantially to the global malnutrition burden. Rural India has disproportionately higher levels of child malnutrition
Levels and determinants of malnutrition among India's urban poor women: An analysis of Demographic Health Surveys 2006 and 2016. A quarter of 400 million urban Indian residents are poor. Urban poor women are as undernourished as or worse than rural women but urban averages mask this disparity. We present the spectrum of malnutrition and their determinants for more than 26,000 urban women who
Performance bonuses in the public sector: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India. We conduct a randomized trial to compare incentives for improved child outcomes among salaried caregivers in Chandigarh, India. A contest whose prize is divided among workers in proportion to measured gains yielded more improvement than a winner-take-all program
Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: new evidence from Bihar. An estimated one-third of the world's children who are wasted live in India. In Bihar state, of children <5 y old, 27.1% are wasted and 8.3% have severe acute malnutrition (SAM). In 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) initiated a community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) program for children
Integrated program achieves good survival but moderate recovery rates among children with severe acute malnutrition in India. At any point in time, an average 8 million Indian children suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). This article assesses the effectiveness of an integrated model for the management of SAM (IM-SAM) in India comprising facility- and community-based care and using
of open defecation in explaining persistent child malnutrition in India and the higher risk of exposure to human fecal pathogens compared with animal feces in the south Indian context.
to maternal and child malnutrition-related complications. Moreover, it has been found that the cost of malnutrition in India results in a significant reduction of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Thus, in this current context, this study aims to explore the contribution of low birth weight to childhood undernutrition in India. The study used data from the 5 round of the National Family Health
Financial stress, health and malnourishment among older adults in India. As India's elderly population grows rapidly, there is a demand for robust policy tools for geriatric health management. This study focuses on unveiling the impact of financial stress and insecurity in diverse economic sectors on adult malnutrition in India. Further, we explore the connections of adult malnourishment to address adult malnourishment in India.
in the understanding of LBW epidemiology, to address malnutrition in India. Data from the recent round of the National Family Survey (NFHS-5) were utilised. Birthweight of livebirths in the last 5 years was documented in grams either from the health card or based on mother's recall. We computed the coverage of birthweight measurement availability and the extent of heaping (values of 2500, 3000 and 3500gms
wealth was not positively associated with any clustering of burdens. While dual burdens of anemia, stunting, and underweight are prevalent, there is no evidence of clustering of overweight with other forms of malnutrition in India.
statistics was 0.65, 0.51 and 0.74 for stunting, wasting and underweight respectively suggesting spatial heterogeneity of malnutrition in India. Bivariate Moran's I statistics of stunting with BMI of mother was 0.52, 0.46 with poverty and - 0.52 with sanitation. The pattern was similar with respect to wasting and underweight suggesting spatial clustering of malnutrition against the meso scale correlates -0.22). Women's educational attainment and breastfeeding practices were also found significant for stunting and underweight. Malnutrition across the districts of India is spatially clustered. Reduction of poverty, improving women's education and health, sanitation and child feeding knowledge can reduce the prevalence of malnutrition across India. Multisectoral and targeted intervention
pregnancy weight gain, and why is sanitation so important. This information deficit is often highest among the most vulnerable, for example, among families who work in agriculture/construction labour, where almost all wasted children are found. The scale of malnutrition in India would have been best addressed by the NNM working out a strategy for bridging both the dietary and information deficit
pregnancy weight gain, and why is sanitation so important. This information deficit is often highest among the most vulnerable, for example, among families who work in agriculture/construction labour, where almost all wasted children are found. The scale of malnutrition in India would have been best addressed by the NNM working out a strategy for bridging both the dietary and information deficit
of child malnutrition in India is also tied closely to the high workload and consequent time constraint of mothers who are increasingly pursuing income generating activities and enrolled in paid labour force, without robust institutional support for childcare. The emerging framework needs to be further tested through mixed and multiple method research approaches to quantify the contribution of time
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