Factors associated with malnutrition among children under 5 years of age in the Health Care District of Danané, Ivory Coast, January 1 to March 31, 2017: A case control study

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Résumé

Child malnutrition is a public health problem in Côte d’Ivoire. The persistence of malnutrition, sometimes looking like an epidemic, seems contradictory in view of the many natural potentialities available in the Health Care District of Danané. The level of rainfall conducive to cereal production is satisfactory; this should normally guarantee minimum food availability. Through this work, we aim to understand the factors associated with malnutrition among children under five in the Health Care District of Danane in order to identify and implement the best prevention and control strategies. Using a case-control study (n =109 cases and n =218 controls), we performed a logistic regression model to identify factors associated with child malnutrition (z-score

Mots-clés

Infant malnutrition, odds ratio, logistic regression