Non random distribution of child undernutrition in Ethiopia: Spatial analysis from the 2011 Ethiopia demographic and health survey

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Alemu, Zewdie Aderaw ^a,b   Ahmed, Ahmed Ali ^b   Yalew, Alemayehu Worku ^b   Birhanu, Belay Simanie ^b  

^a DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Arc GIS; Child undernutrition; Ethiopia; Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey; nonrandom; SaTScan; Spatial

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GPS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; URBAN AREA; WASTING SYNDROME; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFAR; AMHARA; ETHIOPIA; OROMIA; TIGRAY;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85000977798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0480-z     Document Type: Article

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