Is there a threshold level of maternal education sufficient to reduce child undernutrition? Evidence from Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Makoka, Donald ^a   Masibo, Peninah Kinya ^b,c  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Child undernutrition; Demographic health survey; Malawi; Maternal education; Tanzania; Threshold level; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; TANZANIA; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; ZIMBABWE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; TANZANIA; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84939479188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0406-8     Document Type: Article

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