Determinants of nutrition status among children in the eastern region of Ghana.
A cross-sectional survey of children's weights was included in a population study which was designed to identify and measure the determinants of immunization status of 12-18-month-old children of 294 mothers in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Birth weight, among a subgroup of 91 children where this information was available from the mothers' Road To Health cards, was the variable with which current weight-for-age Z scores was most strongly associated (r = 0.38). Associations of current weight-for-age with certain socio-economic variables, at or close to statistically significant levels, corresponded with similar or stronger associations of birth weight with these same socio-economic variables. Cross-sectional studies of young children, to identify associations and possible determinants of nutrition status, are more informative where there is a high Road To Health card coverage and where birth weights have been recorded on these cards.
Brugha
R
R
Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw, Ghana.
Kevany
J
J
D001724:Birth Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005869:Ghana; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D009035:Mothers; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires