TY - JOUR
T1 - Hidden hunger and child undernutrition in South Asia : a meta-ethnographic systematic review
AU - Wali, Nidhi
AU - Agho, Kingsley
AU - Renzaho, Andre M. N.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background and Objectives: South Asia hosts the largest proportion of undernourished children in the world. Hidden hunger and undernutrition continue to be a major global health concern in the region. A systematic review looking at factors and drivers for hidden hunger and child undernutrition was undertaken. Methods and Study Design: This review was conducted using the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta -Analysis guidelines. Five computerized databases were searched: CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, PsycINFO and Scopus, in addition to various grey literature sources. Results: A total of 3601 articles were retrieved from data-bases and 25 studies from grey literature, 98 studies met our inclusion criteria. Included studies were assessed for quality by validated tools. A Meta-ethnographic narrative approach was used to analyse the findings. The most commonly reported factors for child undernutrition were maternal education, poor dietary diversity and rural res-idence. Conclusions: Based on findings we propose a model to mainstream context specific nutrition behavioural change along with nutrition specific and sensitive interventions aimed at targeting gender, social and cultural fac-tors and norms. Findings from the review add to the extant literature of child undernutrition to inform policy and program.
AB - Background and Objectives: South Asia hosts the largest proportion of undernourished children in the world. Hidden hunger and undernutrition continue to be a major global health concern in the region. A systematic review looking at factors and drivers for hidden hunger and child undernutrition was undertaken. Methods and Study Design: This review was conducted using the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta -Analysis guidelines. Five computerized databases were searched: CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed, PsycINFO and Scopus, in addition to various grey literature sources. Results: A total of 3601 articles were retrieved from data-bases and 25 studies from grey literature, 98 studies met our inclusion criteria. Included studies were assessed for quality by validated tools. A Meta-ethnographic narrative approach was used to analyse the findings. The most commonly reported factors for child undernutrition were maternal education, poor dietary diversity and rural res-idence. Conclusions: Based on findings we propose a model to mainstream context specific nutrition behavioural change along with nutrition specific and sensitive interventions aimed at targeting gender, social and cultural fac-tors and norms. Findings from the review add to the extant literature of child undernutrition to inform policy and program.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:70134
UR - https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/hidden-hunger-child-undernutrition-south-asia/docview/2766151158/se-2?accountid=36155
U2 - 10.6133/apjcn.202212_31(4).0014
DO - 10.6133/apjcn.202212_31(4).0014
M3 - Article
SN - 0964-7058
VL - 31
SP - 713
EP - 739
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
IS - 4
ER -