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Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors

The prevalence of undernutrition among Lao children is among the highest in the region. However, the determinants of childhood undernutrition in Laos have not been fully analyzed. This paper, using the dataset of the Lao Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 3, which is a nationally-representative sampl...

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Autor principal: Kamiya, Yusuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957672
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description The prevalence of undernutrition among Lao children is among the highest in the region. However, the determinants of childhood undernutrition in Laos have not been fully analyzed. This paper, using the dataset of the Lao Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 3, which is a nationally-representative sample in Laos, investigated the effects of socioeconomic factors at both household and community levels on the nutritional status of children. In the estimation, a multilevel linear model with random-intercepts was used for estimating the determinants of child anthropometric indices. The empirical results revealed that children from households in southern Laos and from ethnic minority groups were less-nourished. Level of education of parents, attitudes of mothers towards domestic violence, assets of household, local health services, and the condition of sanitation and water were considered to be important determinants of nutritional status of children. The pattern of growth-faltering in children by age was identified. Children aged 12-59 months were less-nourished than those aged 0-11 months. The empirical results were consistent with the collective household model which incorporates a decision-making process within the household. Since there is scarce evidence about the predictors of childhood undernutrition in Laos, the findings of this study will serve as a benchmark for future research.
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spelling pubmed-31903642011-10-17 Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors Kamiya, Yusuke J Health Popul Nutr Original Papers The prevalence of undernutrition among Lao children is among the highest in the region. However, the determinants of childhood undernutrition in Laos have not been fully analyzed. This paper, using the dataset of the Lao Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 3, which is a nationally-representative sample in Laos, investigated the effects of socioeconomic factors at both household and community levels on the nutritional status of children. In the estimation, a multilevel linear model with random-intercepts was used for estimating the determinants of child anthropometric indices. The empirical results revealed that children from households in southern Laos and from ethnic minority groups were less-nourished. Level of education of parents, attitudes of mothers towards domestic violence, assets of household, local health services, and the condition of sanitation and water were considered to be important determinants of nutritional status of children. The pattern of growth-faltering in children by age was identified. Children aged 12-59 months were less-nourished than those aged 0-11 months. The empirical results were consistent with the collective household model which incorporates a decision-making process within the household. Since there is scarce evidence about the predictors of childhood undernutrition in Laos, the findings of this study will serve as a benchmark for future research. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2011-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3190364/ /pubmed/21957672 Text en © INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors
title Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors
title_full Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors
title_fullStr Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors
title_full_unstemmed Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors
title_short Socioeconomic Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Lao PDR: Effects of Household and Community Factors
title_sort socioeconomic determinants of nutritional status of children in lao pdr: effects of household and community factors
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3190364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957672
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