Food insecurity, school absenteeism and educational attainment of adolescents in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Belachew, Tefera ^a,b   Hadley, Craig ^c   Lindstrom, David ^d   Gebremariam, Abebe ^a   Lachat, Carl ^b,e   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b,e  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD SECURITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; WORKING TIME; CATERING SERVICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953750078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-29     Document Type: Article

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