KHATAB, Khaled (2010). Childhood malnutrition in Egypt using geoadditive gaussian and latent variable models. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 82 (4), 653-663.
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Abstract
Major progress has been made over the last 30 years in reducing the prevalence of malnutrition amongst children less than 5 years of age in developing countries. However, approximately 27% of children under the age of 5 in these countries are still malnourished. This work focuses on the childhood malnutrition in one of the biggest developing countries, Egypt. This study examined the association between bio-demographic and socioeconomic determinants and the malnutrition problem in children less than 5 years of age using the 2003 Demographic and Health survey data for Egypt. In the first step, we use separate geoadditive Gaussian models with the continuous response variables stunting (height-for-age), underweight (weight-for-age), and wasting (weight-for-height) as indicators of nutritional status in our case study. In a second step, based on the results of the first step, we apply the geoadditive Gaussian latent variable model for continuous indicators in which the 3 measurements of the malnutrition status of children are assumed as indicators for the latent variable “nutritional status”.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Centre for Health and Social Care Research |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0501 |
Page Range: | 653-663 |
Depositing User: | Rebecca Jones |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2012 12:50 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2021 23:15 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6398 |
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