Comparison of estimates of malnutrition in children aged 0-5 years between clinic-based nutrition surveillance and national surveys

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-292

  Nnyepi, Maria ^a   Gobotswang, Kesitegile S M ^a   Codjia, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; health information systems; malnutrition; nutrition surveillance; underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOTSWANA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BOTSWANA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; THINNESS;

EID: 79961092495     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.32     Document Type: Article

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