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Caregiver feeding practices and socio-economic factors that influence the nutritional status of children under-five years in Mlolongo, Kenya.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ndambuki, Seth K. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | ................................................................................................................................................ xi CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY .......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................................................ 2 1.3 JUSTIFICATION ............................................................................................................................. 3 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS............................................................................................................... 3 1.5 NULL HYPOTHESIS ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................. 4 1.6.1 General objective .......................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.2 Specific objectives ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................. 4 1.8 DELIMITATION AND LIMITATION ............................................................................................ 4 1.9 ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.10 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ON DETERMINANTS OF CHILD NUTRITION..................... 5 1.11 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................... 6 1.12 SCOPE .............................................................................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................................... 8 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 ROLE OF CAREGIVING ................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION ............................................................................................. 9 2.2.1 Nutritional status indices and indicators ..................................................................................... 10 2.3 MALNUTRITION .......................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 Causes of malnutrition (Refer to the conceptual framework) ..................................................... 13 2.4 CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES .................................................................................................... 14 2.4.1 Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices. ............................................. 14 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/123456789/14293/Caregiver%20feeding%20and%20socio-economic.....pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |