Maternal profiles and social determinants of malnutrition and the MDGs: What have we learnt?

• Autori principali: Edem M. A. Tette (Autore), Eric K. Sifah (Autore), Edmund T. Nartey (Autore), Peter Nuro-Ameyaw (Autore), Pricilla Tete-Donkor (Autore), Richard B. Biritwum (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background Maternal socio-demographic and health profiles are important determinants of malnutrition in children. In the 1990s, malnutrition was associated with low-birth-weight, young mothers and low maternal socio-economic status at Princess Marie Louise Children's Hospital (PML). It...