Performance of community-based management of children with severe acute malnutrition in a pastoral area of Ethiopia

Bekele Negussie Demisse

dc.contributor.advisor	Mokgatle-Nthabu, M. M.
dc.contributor.author	Bekele Negussie Demisse
dc.date.accessioned	2014-05-09T08:45:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-05-09T08:45:18Z
dc.date.issued	2013-06
dc.date.submitted	2014-05-09
dc.identifier.citation	Bekele Negussie Demisse (2013) Performance of community-based management of children with severe acute malnutrition in a pastoral area of Ethiopia, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13393>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13393
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of the study was to assess the coverage and effectiveness of the management of severe acute malnutrition project implemented in Dhas district of Borena zone, Ethiopia, from July 2010 to December 2010. Quantitative, descriptive study was conducted to assess the comparability of the outcome of community-based management of acute malnutrition in a pastoralist area to International Sphere standards using performance indicators. Data collection was done using data capturing sheet. Outpatient therapeutic programme (OPT) registers in all health facilities were the sources of data. Clinical records of children admitted to the programme (n=163) were analysed. Standard nutrition survey result was used to estimate the malnutrition prevalence and programme coverage. International Sphere standard was achieved for mortality rate but not for recovery rate, defaulter rate, length of stay and weight gain	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (ix, 66 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Community-based management	en
dc.subject	Severe acute malnutrition	en
dc.subject	Nutrition programme coverage	en
dc.subject	Effectiveness of management of malnutrition	en
dc.subject	Malnutrition treatment in pastoralist area	en
dc.subject.ddc	362.196390963
dc.subject.lcsh	Malnutrition in children -- Ethiopia	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Rural health services -- Ethiopia	en
dc.title	Performance of community-based management of children with severe acute malnutrition in a pastoral area of Ethiopia	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Public Health)