Authors
Kirk A Dearden, Whitney Schott, Benjamin T Crookston, Debbie L Humphries, Mary E Penny, Jere R Behrman, Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team Santiago Cueto Le Thuc Duc Javier Escobal Lia Fernald Shaik Galab Priscila Hermida Andreas Georgiadis Elizabeth Lundeen Subha Mani Aryeh Stein Tassew Woldehanna
Publication date
2017/12
Journal
BMC public health
Volume
17
Pages
1-19
Publisher
BioMed Central
Description
Background
This study’s purpose was to understand associations between water, sanitation, and child growth.
Methods
We estimated stunting (height-for-age Z score <−2 SD) and thinness (BMI-Z <−2 SD) risk ratios using data from 7,715 Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian, and Vietnamese children from the Young Lives study.
Results
In unadjusted models, household access to improved water and toilets was often associated with reduced stunting risk. After adjusting for child, household, parent, and community variables, access to improved water was usually not associated with stunting nor thinness except in Ethiopia where access to improved water was associated with reduced stunting and thinness at 1y and 5y. In contrast, in both unadjusted and adjusted models, stunting at 1y was less common among children with …
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KA Dearden, W Schott, BT Crookston, DL Humphries… - BMC public health, 2017