Persistent Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children under Five Years Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Despite years of interventions intended to reduce child malnutrition in South Africa, its negative effects, stunting in particular, persist mainly among children under five years old living in under-resourced regions. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malnutrition...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-10, Vol.17 (20), p.7580
Main Authors: Modjadji, Perpetua, Mashishi, Josephine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anthropometry
Birth weight
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Demographics
Demography
Education
Families & family life
Female
Growth Disorders - epidemiology
Health care
Health care facilities
Humans
Infant
Low birth weight
Male
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Mothers
Nutrition
Obstetrics
Poverty
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Primary care
Primary Health Care
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Sample size
Sanitation
Sociodemographics
South Africa - epidemiology
Thinness - epidemiology
Translations
Underweight
Validity
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Summary:Despite years of interventions intended to reduce child malnutrition in South Africa, its negative effects, stunting in particular, persist mainly among children under five years old living in under-resourced regions. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among 404 children under age five attending childcare services with their mothers in selected healthcare facilities of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Anthropometry, socio-demographics and obstetric history were collected. Height-for-age, weight-for-age and body mass index-for-age Z-scores were used to determine stunting, underweight and thinness among children, respectively. Logistic regression analyses were performed to generate the factors associated with malnutrition. Stunting (45.3%) was the prevalent form of malnutrition among children under age five, affecting boys (51.7%) more than girls (38.8%) and children aged 12-23 months (62.4%) more than those
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17207580