ArticlePublic health nutrition2017
How does poverty affect children's nutritional status in Nairobi slums? A qualitative study of the root causes of undernutrition.
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- Effect of maternal nutritional education and counselling on children's stunting prevalence in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.Public health nutrition · 2021Trial
- Factors associated with recovery from stunting among under-five children in two Nairobi informal settlements.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Effectiveness of Interventions Utilizing Community Health Worker Model on Reducing Stunting in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Perceptions of the mothers on the determinants of undernutrition in Rwanda: a qualitative study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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- Mothers' Perspectives of Complementary Feeding Practices in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kisumu County, Western Kenya.Current developments in nutrition · 2021Article
- Urban Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Critical Scoping Review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2021Article
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- Literacy is power: structural drivers of child malnutrition in rural Liberia.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Article
- Family influences on child nutritional outcomes in Nairobi's informal settlements.Child: care, health and development · 2019Article
- "Everybody breastfeeds if they have milk": factors that shape exclusive breastfeeding practices in informal settlements of Mumbai, India.International breastfeeding journal · 2019Article
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objectiveChildren in slums are at high risk of undernutrition, which has long-term negative consequences on their physical growth and cognitive development. Severe undernutrition can lead to the child's death. The present paper aimed to understand the causes of undernutrition in children as perceived by various groups of community members in Nairobi slums, Kenya.
designAnalysis of ten focus group discussions and ten individual interviews with key informants. The main topic discussed was the root causes of child undernutrition in the slums. The focus group discussions and key informant interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts were coded in NVivo by extracting concepts and using a constant comparison of data across the different categories of respondents to draw out themes to enable a thematic analysis.
settingTwo slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya. SUBJECTS: Women of childbearing age, community health workers, elders, leaders and other knowledgeable people in the two slum communities (n 90).
resultsParticipants demonstrated an understanding of undernutrition in children.
conclusionsFindings inform target criteria at community and household level that can be used to identify children at risk of undernutrition. To tackle the immediate and underlying causes of undernutrition, interventions recommended should aim to: (i) improve maternal health and nutrition; (ii) promote optimal infant and young children feeding practices; (iii) support mothers in their working role; (iv) increase access to family planning; (v) improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); (vi) address alcohol problems at all levels; and (vii) address street food issues with infant feeding counselling.
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