Tesfaye Gedecho Genalle

Socioeconomic determinants of under-five years child malnutrition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Malnutrition is a broad term that refers to all forms of poor nutrition caused by a complex array of factors. Proper nutrition is essential for healthy and active lives, well-being, and has direct bearing on intellectual capacity, which eventually impacts positively on social and economic development.To understand the determinants of malnutrition under-five children,a study was conducted in Gede'o Zone,Southern Ethiopia.The result of this study illustrated major determinants of Child malnutrition;household socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics such as poor child feeding practice at earlier age resulted from Household economic downturn,Geo-economic tiresome of land asset and wage earnings, inadequate income for livelihood and socioeconomic status of women, soaring food item prices.An institutional faults; meager household development support for self-reliance,limited inter-sectoral collaboration in nutritional mainstreaming have found determinants for child malnutrition. Itis recommended therefore, an integrated holistic approach that involving various sectors and sub-sectors to foster nutrition friendly development schema.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 155g
• ISBN-13: 9783330334533
• ISBN-10: 3330334533
• Artikelnr.: 48845516

Autorenporträt

Was born in Southern Ethiopia, Gede'o zone. His career is rooted in health science & he is an expert druggist of it. By far apart opportunity to advance in health science he shifted his field of study social science & he has BA in Sociology & MA in Socioeconomic Development Planning. Currently,he is University lecturer and Registrar @ Dilla University.