An uncertainty estimate of the prevalence of stunting in national surveys: the need for better precision

• Hauptverfasser: Santu Ghosh (Verfasst von), Nirupama Shivakumar (Verfasst von), Sulagna Bandyopadhyay (Verfasst von), Harshpal S. Sachdev (Verfasst von), Anura V. Kurpad (Verfasst von), Tinku Thomas (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Stunting is determined by using the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standard which was developed using precise measurements. However, it is unlikely that large scale surveys maintain the same level of rigour and precision when measuring the height of children. The po...