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Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among under 5 children in Satar community of Jhapa, Nepal

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  • Kajol Dahal
  • Deepak Kumar Yadav
  • Dharanidhar Baral
  • Birendra Kumar Yadav

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Background: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the most extreme and visible form of undernutrition plagued by chronic poverty, household food insecurity, lack of education. One of the indigenous and marginalized community of Nepal, Satar/Santhal has often been neglected and is devoid of good education and are economically deprived. This predisposes under 5 children of Satar into malnutrition. The study aims to assess determinants of SAM among children under 5 years of age in Satar community of Jhapa district, Nepal. Material & methods: A community based matched case control study was carried from September 2019 to February 2020 among under five children of Satar community residing in Jhapa district. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 50 cases and 100 controls in the ratio of 1:2. Information was collected through personal interview with the parents and anthropometric measurement of the children was measured. Bivariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis was used to explore the determinants of severe acute malnutrition. Results: A total of 664 children between the age group of 6–59 months were screened for SAM. The prevalence of SAM was found 7.53%. Factors like, low economic status, birth interval less than 2 years, frequency of breast feeding

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  • Kajol Dahal & Deepak Kumar Yadav & Dharanidhar Baral & Birendra Kumar Yadav, 2021. "Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among under 5 children in Satar community of Jhapa, Nepal," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(2), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0245151
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245151
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