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Annotated Bibliography

Abuya, B. A., Ciera, J., & Kimani-Murage, E. (2012). Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi. BMC Pediatrics, 12(1), 80.

The article addresses malnutrition as a critical public health problem in Africa. It says that the disease and nutrition are characteristics of children in the urban areas. The article determines the effects of the mother’s education on nutritional status of the children in the slum (Abuya et al., 2012). The report does not specify the slum settings, it generalize it. The article will be an importance in determining the psychosocial factors for malnutrition in the study.

Beers, Mark H., MD, and Robert Berkow, MD, editors (2004). “Malnutrition.” Section 1, Chapter 2. In The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 2004.

The article talks about the major indicators of the health status of the diet and the nutrition, which mediates the cause of the oral clinical outcomes. It provides the guideline for the prevention and the health promotion of the oral health and nutrition (Beers et al., 2004). However, the article addresses malnutrition, in general. It will be of benefit for the study since it will provide some citations and direct quotes to the study.

Bejon, P., Mohammed, S., Mwangi, I., Atkinson, S. H., Osier, F., Peshu, N., & Berkley, J. A. (2008). Fraction of all hospital admissions and deaths attributable to malnutrition among children in rural Kenya. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 88(6), 1626-1631.

This article provides the data used in monitoring the population and the health situations in Kenya. The authors give a detailed survey, which entails the information about the fertility levels and preferences, marriage, awareness, sexual activity, and the use of family planning (Bejon et al., 2008). Other information includes nutritional status of the women and the children. The article does not address the slum set-ups. The article will be of significance since it will provide different data information about the nutritional status.

Berkley, J., Mwangi, I., Griffiths, K., Ahmed, I., Mithwani, S., English, M., & Maitland, K. (2005). Assessment of severe malnutrition among hospitalized children in rural Kenya: comparison of weight for height and mid upper arm circumference. Jama, 294(5), 591-597.

This article addresses the high mortality rates of children caused by the severe malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors explain how the Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) and the clinical sign methods can be used to evaluate the inpatient mortality in the hospitals (Berkley et al., 2005). It addresses the way malnutrition leads the death among children in the hospitals. It does not major on hunger in Kenya alone but covers most parts of the Africa. It gives the severe impacts of the malnutrition, causing psychological problem to others.

Bloss, E., Wainaina, F., & Bailey, R. C. (2004). Prevalence and predictors of underweight, stunting and wasting among children aged 5 and under in western Kenya. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 50(5), 260-270.

This article tackles the way the health and the nutritional status of the children aged five and under were assessed in different areas of the Western Kenya. The interview was to evaluate the feeding practice of child and the nutritional status of the children below five years. The article gives the report of the actual survey done, hence, facts about the psychosocial factors about the malnutrition (Bloss et al., 2004). The report is only about the status of the children in the western parts of Kenya but not Kenya as a whole. Thus, it will be necessary for the study in that it will assist in knowing the predictors of the underweight caused by undernutrition such as underweight, stunting, and even wasting.

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) [Kenya], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Kenya], and ORC Macro. 2004. Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. Calverton, Maryland: CBS, MOH, and ORC Macro.

The article gives various values that were collected concerning the analysis done on the number of the children that are underweight. The values are in percentages, and they represent different values of various years from 1993 to 2008 (Central Bureau of Statistics, 2004). It does not explain how malnutrition is directly related to this underweight. The article will be relevant to the study in those various analyses can be done for different years.

Engle P. L., Ricciuti H.N. (1995). Psychosocial aspects of care and nutrition. Food Nutr Bull 1995; 16

This article measures the relationship that exists between the malnutrition and the psychosocial care in the life. The report gives comparison of the malnourishment of children that are below 32 months old (Engle & Ricciuti, 1995). It is necessary for the study since it gives the relation that exists between the malnutrition and the psychosocial issues, which happen to be the concern of the research.

Grigsby, D. G., MD. (2003). “Malnutrition,” eMedicine December 18, 2003. http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1360.htm.

This article explains the deaths caused by malnutrition. The author also gives the signs and the symptoms of malnutrition. The article confers the analysis and administration of the nutrition. However, the article does not mention the slum settings (Grigsby, 2003). The material will be relevant to the study in that the information about the signs and symptoms of malnutrition will be cited directly from the article. It will also give the information about the diagnosis and management of the malnutrition.

Kabubo-Mariara, J., Ndenge, G. K., & Mwabu, D. K. (2009). Determinants of children’s nutritional status in Kenya: Evidence from Demographic and health surveys. Journal of African Economies, 18(3), 363-387.

The article gives various samples about the demographic and the health survey that are set to determine the nutritional status of children in Kenya (Kabubo-Mariara et al., 2009). The authors present various survey data that are crucial to the study. However, the article does not mention anything to do with the children in the slums areas.

Meenakshi, J. V., Johnson, N. L., Manyong, V. M., DeGroote, H., Javelosa, J., Yanggen, D. R., … & Meng, E. (2010). How Cost-Effective is Biofortification in Combating Micronutrient Malnutrition? An< i> Ex ante</i> Assessment. World Development, 38(1), 64-75.

The authors of this article address a tool that can used to combat the micro nutrition malnutrition known as Biofortification. The report estimates the costs and the potential of this tool in terms of the provision of food crops rich in vitamin, iron, and even zinc (Meenakshi et al., 2010). The article handles how the burden of the micro nutrition deficiencies in developing world can be combated in a cost-effective way. However, it covers ways of how to fight malnutrition in developing countries but not specifically Kenya. The article will be rational to the study in that it will show the ways in which malnutrition can be combated in a cost-friendly manner.

Robertson, B., Mandlhate, C., El Din, A. S., & Seck, B. (2004). Systems of care in Africa. In Facilitating Pathways (pp. 71-88). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

This article discusses how the children in the developing countries can benefit from the education that they receive concerning the health nutrition (Robertson et al., 2004). The authors explain the need for setting a healthy environment where the care is being provided. The article addresses the environment as a factor in the malnutrition. It will be significant for the study in that some quotes will be uplifted to the study concerning the nutrition.

Wilson K. (2014). What Is the Importance of Good Nutrition For Kids? Retrieved from com/importance-good-nutrition-kids-6236.html”>http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/importance-good-nutrition-kids-6236.html

The author of the item concentrates on the value of good nutrition to children. He says that whatever a child eats today will have a striking impact on his or her health in the future. He also says that the consumption of the nutritious foods assists the children in growing, developing, feel well about them, and even does well academically (Wilson, 2014). It addresses the importance of proper nutrition, which may not cause the malnutrition disorders such as dental cavities, obesity, and even iron-deficiency anemia. It covers the importance of nutrition, in general. The article will be of importance to the study since it provides information about proper nutrition for the child’ life.

World Health Organization. (2011) Kenya: Highest malnutrition in a decade, crisis to continue well into 2012. 15th Dec 2011. Retrieved from www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/kenya-highest malnutrition-decade-crisis-continue-well-2012

This article tackles how the UN and the aid agencies are seeking for donations that can assist millions of people to cope with increase in food prices, drought, and even poverty in the country Kenya (World Health Organization, 2011). The article explains the need for supporting the crisis that leaves Kenya with the highest malnutrition rate that is recorded. The report does not give permanent solution to the crisis. It will be of importance to the study since it will provide some ways of curbing malnutrition.

References

Abuya, B. A., Ciera, J., & Kimani-Murage, E. (2012). Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi. BMC Pediatrics, 12(1), 80.

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) [Kenya], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Kenya], and ORC Macro. 2004. Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. Calverton, Maryland: CBS, MOH, and ORC Macro.

Engle P. L., Ricciuti H.N. (1995). Psychosocial aspects of care and nutrition. Food Nutr Bull 1995; 16

Grigsby, D. G., MD. (2003). “Malnutrition,” eMedicine December 18, 2003. http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1360.htm.

Robertson, B., Mandlhate, C., El Din, A. S., & Seck, B. (2004). Systems of care in Africa. In Facilitating Pathways (pp. 71-88). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Wilson K. (2014). What Is the Importance of Good Nutrition For Kids? Retrieved from http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/importance-good-nutrition-kids-6236.html

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