Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

Indiran Govender; Selvandran Rangiah; Ramprakash Kaswa; Doudou Nzaumvila

doi:10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337

Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

Indiran Govender^*, Selvandran Rangiah, Ramprakash Kaswa, Doudou Nzaumvila

^*Corresponding author for this work

Family Medicine & Primary Health Care

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

36 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa.

Original language	English
Article number	a5337
Journal	South African Family Practice
Volume	63
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Community level factors
Dietary intervention
Individual factors
Obesity
Severe acute malnutrition

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337

Cite this

@article{68626da6bf3048e0ab219c86997fb0e8,

title = "Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting",

abstract = "In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa.",

keywords = "Community level factors, Dietary intervention, Individual factors, Obesity, Severe acute malnutrition",

author = "Indiran Govender and Selvandran Rangiah and Ramprakash Kaswa and Doudou Nzaumvila",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021. The Authors.",

year = "2021",

doi = "10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337",

language = "English",

volume = "63",

journal = "South African Family Practice",

issn = "2078-6190",

publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

AU - Govender, Indiran

AU - Rangiah, Selvandran

AU - Kaswa, Ramprakash

AU - Nzaumvila, Doudou

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa.

AB - In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa.

KW - Community level factors

KW - Dietary intervention

KW - Individual factors

KW - Obesity

KW - Severe acute malnutrition

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114905658&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337

DO - 10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337

M3 - Article

C2 - 34677078

AN - SCOPUS:85114905658

SN - 2078-6190

VL - 63

JO - South African Family Practice

JF - South African Family Practice

IS - 1

M1 - a5337

ER -

Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this