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Kenya - Nakuru Rift Valley District Nutritional Anthropometric Survey 2008

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Nutritional Anthropometric Survey Nakuru, Molo, Nakuru North And Naivasha Districts, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Provider 
Action Against Hunger (ACF)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Kenya (KEN)
Nakuru, Rift Valley [Historical]
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
July, 2008 - July, 2008
Series or system 
Kenya Standardized Monitoring and Assessment in Relief and Transition (SMART)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Household - Interview
Summary 

The Nakuru Rift Valley District Nutritional Anthropometric Survey utilized the Standardized Monitoring and Assessment in Relief and Transition (SMART) survey methodology to assess malnutrition prevalence in children ages 6-59 months. Data were collected on morbidity, anthropometry, immunizations, vitamin A supplements, deworming status, BSFP coverage, and food distribution and security. A total of 648 children were assessed.

Keywords 
24HR dietary recall, Absenteeism, Agriculture, Anthropometry, Antihelminthics, BCG vaccines, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Children, Climate, Community health clinics, Community health workers, Coping behavior, Cough, Crops, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Diet, Dietary sugar, Disasters, Domestic migration, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Health care use, Health status, Height, Household water treatment, Hygiene, Immunization, Income, Injuries, Insecticide-treated bednets, Intestinal nematode infections, Legumes, Livestock, Loans, Lower respiratory infections, Malnutrition, Marital status, Measles, Measles vaccines, Meat, Mortality, Occupations, Pain, Pentavalent vaccines, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Processed foods, Protein-energy malnutrition, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Socioeconomic risk factors, Starchy vegetables, Traditional medicine, Unintentional injuries, Vegetables, Vitamin A supplements, Vomiting, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight

Citation

Contributors 
Save the Children UK
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (Kenya)
Ministry of Medical Services (Kenya)
Suggested citation 
Ministry of Medical Services (Kenya), Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (Kenya), Save the Children UK. Kenya - Nakuru Rift Valley District Nutritional Anthropometric Survey 2008.

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