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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Malnutrition and gender relations in Western Kenya
1Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abstract:
Child malnutrition, which is an increasing problem in Western Kenya, is addressed primarily through efforts to reach the individual mother with information about proper feeding of her children. A study carried out in Siaya, Kisumu and Busia Districts showed that mothers perceived nutrition problems differently, emphasizing their embeddedness in gender and family relations. In situations of marital conflict, male labour migration, and impoverishment, women must rely on support from others; thus health education should be addressed to husbands, grandmothers and mothers-in-law as well as mothers.
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