RISK-FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALNUTRITION IN RURAL JAMAICA

Authors
MELVILLE B FIDER T MEEHAN D BERNARD E MULLINGS J
Citation
B. Melville et al., RISK-FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MALNUTRITION IN RURAL JAMAICA, Public health, 108(5), 1994, pp. 327-331
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Public health → ACNP
ISSN journal
00333506
Volume
108
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
327 - 331
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3506(1994)108:5<327:RAWMIR>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Risk factors associated with malnutrition were examined in rural Jamai ca. Socio-economic data were obtained on 63 well-nourished and 14 maln ourished children. Risk factors associated with malnutrition were birt h weight less than 2.5 kg (P < 0.01), maternal age equal to or greater than 25 years (P < 0.05) and landlessness (P < 0.05). Interventions a imed at reducing these factors can go a long way in reducing the malnu trition problem in developing countries.