Community-level determinants of child growth in an Indonesian tea plantation.
OBJECTIVE
The paper presents the results of an ecological-economic approach to identifying community-level factors that influence the physical growth of young children.


METHODS
A cross-sectional design was used to obtain both the anthropometry and the ecological-economic data.


METHODS
The sites were 24 communities located in a tea plantation near Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.


METHODS
415 children between the ages of 6 and 18 months.


METHODS
Epidemiological and ethnographic methods were used to measure community infrastructure and services related to child growth. Anthropometry was used to measure child growth. Econometric methods, including probit and ordinary least squares regression, were used to analyze the effect of community-level factors on child growth.


RESULTS
Community vaccination programs, child care services, environmental sanitation and latrines were associated with better child growth. We concluded that community-level goods and services substantially contributed to health in early childhood.
Paknawin-Mock
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International Agricultural Development, University of California, Davis, USA.
Jarvis
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Jahari
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Husaini
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Pollitt
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D000383:Agriculture; D000886:Anthropometry; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012424:Rural Population; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013662:Tea
D013662:Tea