Mapping evidence on malnutrition screening tools for children under 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol.

Systematic Reviews
Tlharihani Phisac MaphosaTivani P Mashamba-Thompson

Abstract

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), malnutrition remains a major public health challenge, particularly among children under 5 years of age. Despite nutritional screening tools being developed and available to detect early malnutrition in under five-year-old children, malnutrition continues to be a health concern. However, the level of evidence on nutritional screening tools for predicting early malnutrition at the community level in a high disease burden setting is unclear. The objective of this scoping review is to systematically map the evidence on malnutrition screening tools for children under 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to identify knowledge gaps. The proposed study will be guided by an improved Arksey and O'Malley's framework, Levac et al. 2010 recommendations, and the 2015 Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. We will conduct a systematic search of relevant imperial sources of evidence from the following databases: CINAHL with full text, Academic search complete via EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed. We will search for grey literature from the following humanitarian and aid organization websites: World Health Organization (WHO), The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), a...Continue Reading

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Dec 2, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Phillips Edomwonyi ObasohanKhaled Khatab

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