Trends and predictors of inequality in childhood stunting in Nepal from 1996 to 2016

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Angdembe, Mirak Raj ^a   Dulal, Bishnu Prasad ^a   Bhattarai, Kreepa ^b   Karn, Sumit ^c  

^a Herd International   (Nepal)

^b Social Development and Promotion Centre   (Nepal)

^c South Asian Infant and Young Child Feeding Network   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Decomposition; Nepal; Nepal demographic and health survey; Predictors; Socioeconomic inequalities; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; APPLIED SCIENCE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EQUITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEPAL; NUTRITION EDUCATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING;

NEPAL;

EID: 85062531541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-019-0944-z     Document Type: Article

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