Association between depression in carers and malnutrition in children aged 6 months to 5 years

• Principais autores: Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi (Autor), Vincent Setlhare (Autor), Adewale Ganiyu (Autor), Jacqueline Firth (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: AOSIS, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background:  Childhood malnutrition is an important risk factor for child mortality and underlies close to 50% of child deaths worldwide. Previous studies have found an association between maternal depression and child malnutrition, but it is not known whether this association exists in Botswana. In...