A space-time analysis of recurrent malnutrition-related hospitalisations in Kilifi, Kenya for children under-5 years

BMC Nutrition
Kennedy Mwai Wambui, Eustasius Musenge

Abstract

Globally, malnutrition underlies 45% of under-5 s mortality, mainly from potentiating common infections such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. Malnutrition as a public health problem is not evenly disbursed because of disparities in food insecurity and health, and children commonly suffer recurrent episodes of opportunistic infections. We aimed to understand better the spatial and temporal structure of multiple paediatric hospital admissions associated with malnutrition-related illnesses. This paper aimed to investigate the spatial-temporal variations in malnutrition-related recurrent morbidity of children under-5 years from the Kilifi County in Kenya between 2002 and 2015. The study included data from children under-5 years old who had more than one admission to a rural district hospital in Kenya within the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS). The primary outcome was a malnutrition-related admission, based on wasting (WHZ < -2) or nutritional oedema. Individual, household and environmental level covariates were examined as exposures. We first fitted a SARIMA model for the temporality, and the Moran's Index affirmed spatial clustering in malnutrition admissions. Kulldorf Statistics using SaTScan were applied to ...Continue Reading

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