This thesis reports on a study carried out in Peri -Urban Thika. The study aimed at establishing from the mothers of children 0 -2 years old which of their dailly activities are regarded specifically as childcare acti ...

This study aimed at determining the various childcare activi ties performed by caregivers, time allocation for childcare activities and nutritional status of children aged 0-2 years. A descriptive cross-sectional study ...

A cross-sectional study was carried out in Bahirdar Town of the Amhara National Regional State in north-west Ethiopia. A total of 284 children aged 0-59 months were studied. The objective of the study was to compare the ...

Bottle-feeding is common with more than half of the children given prelacteal feeds an hour after birth while median duration of breastfeeding (16.7 months) is also below the recommended duration. These inappropriate ...

Poor nutritional status, anaemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia among children in many parts of Kenya continues to be public health issues especially in arid and semi-arid lands which are generally food ...

This was comparative study of factors affecting food security and nutritional status of under fiveyears- old children in rural and urban community of Garissa District was conducted. A total of 302 children from 302 ...

This study examined household and maternal differential determinants of nutritional status of children aged 18-36 months in a Child Survival, Protection and Development programme area, Sengerema division, Tanzania. A ...

A comparative cross sectional study was carried out in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania from July to September 2002. The purpose of the study was to establish whether the longterm implementation of the Child Survival ...