Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in Tanzania: evidence from the 2010 cross-sectional household survey

• Published in: BMC pediatrics Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 165
• Main Authors: Chirande, Lulu, Charwe, Deborah, Mbwana, Hadijah, Victor, Rose, Kimboka, Sabas, Issaka, Abukari Ibrahim, Baines, Surinder K, Dibley, Michael J, Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.10.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developing countries; Ethics; Female; Growth Disorders - diagnosis; Growth Disorders - epidemiology; Health aspects; Health Surveys; Households; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; LDCs; Male; Middle Aged; Public health; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Tanzania - epidemiology; Womens health; Young Adult; Tanzania; United States > US; Africa

Stunting is one of the main public health problems in Tanzania. It is caused mainly by malnutrition among children aged less than 5 years. Identifying the determinants of stunting and severe stunting among such children would help public health planners to reshape and redesign new interventions to r...