Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care

This paper examines the extent to which the three key underlying determinants of nutrition -- food security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic envir...

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Main Author: Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26695872/synergies-child-nutrition-interactions-food-security-health-environment-child-care
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spelling okr-10986-250392021-04-23T14:04:28Z Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care Skoufias, Emmanuel child nutrition stunting food security health services environment child care This paper examines the extent to which the three key underlying determinants of nutrition -- food security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic environment -- on their own and interactively are correlated with nutrition outcomes, such as height-for-age z-scores. Based on data from different years in eight countries in four regions where malnutrition is high, an indicator is constructed for each component of the three underlying drivers of nutrition. In spite of the limitations inherent in the available data, the analysis (i) reveals that progress toward improved access to adequate food security and adequate environment and health has been quite limited; and (ii) provides evidence of significant synergies among adequate food, child care, and environment and health. 2016-09-12T20:27:39Z 2016-09-12T20:27:39Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26695872/synergies-child-nutrition-interactions-food-security-health-environment-child-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25039 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7794 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic child nutrition
stunting
food security
health services
environment
child care
spellingShingle child nutrition
stunting
food security
health services
environment
child care
Skoufias, Emmanuel
Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7794
description This paper examines the extent to which the three key underlying determinants of nutrition -- food security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic environment -- on their own and interactively are correlated with nutrition outcomes, such as height-for-age z-scores. Based on data from different years in eight countries in four regions where malnutrition is high, an indicator is constructed for each component of the three underlying drivers of nutrition. In spite of the limitations inherent in the available data, the analysis (i) reveals that progress toward improved access to adequate food security and adequate environment and health has been quite limited; and (ii) provides evidence of significant synergies among adequate food, child care, and environment and health.
format Working Paper
author Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_facet Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_sort Skoufias, Emmanuel
title Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care
title_short Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care
title_full Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care
title_fullStr Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care
title_full_unstemmed Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care
title_sort synergies in child nutrition : interactions of food security, health and environment, and child care
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26695872/synergies-child-nutrition-interactions-food-security-health-environment-child-care
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