Food security and nutritional outcomes among urban poor orphans in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Holding, Penny A ^c   Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a   Ezeh, Alex C ^a   Madise, Nyovani J ^d   Kahurani, Elizabeth N ^a   Zulu, Eliya M ^e  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Food security; Kenya; Nutritional outcomes; Orphans; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban poor; Vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORPHANED CHILD; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052967061     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9491-z     Document Type: Article

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