Stagnant Stunting Rate Despite Rapid Economic Growth in Papua New Guinea : Factors Correlated with Malnutrition among Children under Five

Maternal and child undernutrition is a pervasive and detrimental condition in Papua New Guinea. Despite rapid economic growth during the past decade, the stunting rate for children under 5, one of the primary indicators for child undernutrition, wa...

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Main Author:	Hou, Xiaohui
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	CHILD HEALTH BIRTH POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH DIETARY IMPROVEMENT CHILD STUNTING SALT IODIZATION IODINE DEFICIENCY SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS VITAMINS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS INFANT FEEDING ILLITERACY UNDERWEIGHT RATES PROTEIN CALORIES VITAMIN A REGIONAL LEVEL MORBIDITY NUTRITION STATUS FOOD QUALITY NUTRITION OUTCOMES COMPLEMENTARY FOOD HEALTH CARE WASTING FOOD POLICY HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSIONS HEALTH WORKERS ANEMIA PREVALENCE HUNGER NUTRIENTS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN CALORIC INTAKE CHILD GROWTH NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES PUBLIC HEALTH REGION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ANEMIA KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT MALNUTRITION RATES DIABETES RURAL POPULATIONS HEALTH STATUS DISEASES IRON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOUSEHOLD HEAD INTERVENTION CAPACITY FOOD RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME ORGANIZATIONS VEGETABLES NUTRITION POLICY MORTALITY IODIZATION HOUSEHOLD HEADS WEIGHT GAIN ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOOD ACCESS NUTRITIONAL STATUS DIET NUTRIENT STAPLE FOODS CONSUMPTION EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES FOOD SECURITY WORKERS IODINE POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER HUMAN NUTRITION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH OUTCOMES DIARRHEA MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN NUTRITION EDUCATION SEVERE MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION NUTRITION FOOD MALARIA SURVEYS POLICY CHILD MALNUTRITION RISK FACTORS CHILD MORTALITY WASTED CHILDREN FOOD INSECURITY WEIGHT GROWTH MONITORING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ANIMAL PROTEIN FEEDING NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS OBESITY CHILDREN FOOD INTAKE REGIONS EDUCATION UNDERNUTRITION SPATIAL VARIATIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT POVERTY STUNTING INFECTION INFANTS POPULATION NUTRITION SURVEYS RICE NUTRITIONISTS POLICY RESEARCH MICRONUTRIENTS STRATEGY POVERTY ASSESSMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILIES POORER FAMILIES SOCIAL WORKERS HEALTH SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION PREGNANCY VITAMIN BREASTFEEDING DEVELOPMENT POLICY MINERALS GROWTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24611773/stagnant-stunting-rate-despite-rapid-economic-growth-papua-new-guineafactors-correlated-malnutrition-among-children-under-five http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22173

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Stagnant Stunting Rate Despite Rapid Economic Growth in Papua New Guinea : Factors Correlated with Malnutrition among Children under Five

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