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| Kumar Range, Shubh K.; Naved, Ruchira Tabassum; Bhattarai, Saroj. |
| Children are the most vulnerable among the malnourished population of Bangladesh. Child and maternal care practices are now being considered as important complements to increasing household income or targeted food interventions to address child growth needs. In Bangladesh, as elsewhere, many children, even in poor households, do well nutritionally, whereas others do not. This study attempts to identify characteristics of the existing child and the maternal care environment that could be used as a basis for designing policies and programs to improve the nutritional status of children. For the present study, all children between 6-18 months of age were selected from a nutrition survey of a cross section of 741 households conducted by the IFPRI Bangladesh... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Health; Child Care; Human Growth; Children; Nutritional Status; Food Security and Poverty. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97297 |
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| Haddad, Lawrence James; Bhattarai, Saroj; Immink, Maarten; Kumar, Shubh K.. |
| Data from Ethiopia, the Philippines, and Pakistan are used in this paper to examine the complex interaction of illness and lack of food on malnutrition rates among preschool children. The paper finds that when diarrhea is prevalent, the effects of food shortages on malnutrition are worse, and when food is scarce, the effects of diarrhea on malnutrition are worse. Policymakers not only must aim to increase incomes and food consumption, but also to assure access to health care, clean water, and sanitation. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16234 |
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