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Kenya - Turkana County Central SMART Nutrition Survey 2015

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART)
Provider 
Ministry of Health (Kenya)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Kenya (KEN)
Turkana
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
06/2015 - 06/2015
Series or system 
Kenya Standardized Monitoring and Assessment in Relief and Transition (SMART)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Interview
Summary 

The Kenya Standardized Monitoring and Assessment in Relief and Transition (SMART) surveys were conducted to assess malnutrition prevalence in children ages 6-59 months. Data were collected on mortality, anthropometry, vitamin A supplements, maternal health care, and food consumption. For the 2015 survey in Turkana Central, household interviews were conducted in June of that year using a two-stage cluster sampling method.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Antenatal care, Antihelminthics, Birth certificates, Breastfeeding, Causes of death, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Coping behavior, Cough, Crops, Diarrhea, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Health care use, Hospitals, Household deaths, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Hygiene, Income, Insecticide-treated bednets, Iron supplements, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Measles, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Place of death, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Sanitation, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Traditional medicine, Unintentional injuries, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 6, 2021