Rural-urban Disparities in the Nutritional Status of Younger Adolescents in Tanzania.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,125
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Body Mass Index for age and gender z-scores
研究概览
简要总结
Africa faces rapid urbanization, has the second highest population growth rate, makes up one-fifth of the world's youth population, and experiences stagnant rates of undernutrition. These challenges point to the need for country-specific data on rural-urban health disparities to inform development policies. This cross-sectional study examined disparities in body mass index-for-age-and-sex (BAZ) and height-for-age-and-sex z-scores (HAZ) among 1125 adolescents in Tanzania. Rural-urban disparities in nutritional status were significant and gendered. Findings confirm place of residence as a key determinant of BAZ, HAZ, and stunting among adolescents in Tanzania. Targeted gender-sensitive interventions among adolescents, particularly in rural areas, are needed to limit growth faltering and improve health outcomes.
详细描述
Africa faces rapid urbanization, has the second highest population growth rate, makes up one-fifth of the world's youth population, and experiences stagnant rates of undernutrition. These challenges point to the need for country-specific data on rural-urban health disparities to inform development policies. This cross-sectional study examined disparities in body mass index-for-age-and-sex (BAZ) and height-for-age-and-sex z-scores (HAZ) among 1125 adolescents in Tanzania. Pearson's chi-square tested associations between rural/urban residence and undernutrition (BAZ <-2SD), stunting (HAZ <-2SD), anthropometric, socioeconomic, and health indicators. Multivariate linear regression identified predictors of BAZ and HAZ.
Funding: UNICEF/ Tanzania; United States National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH66801).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 10 Years 至 14 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adolescents between 10 and 14 years of age
排除标准
- •Adolescents living away from the districts and not physically present at the time of the study
结局指标
主要结局
Body Mass Index for age and gender z-scores
时间窗: Two measures collected consequentially during a 30 minute time frame on the date of survey administration.
Weight (Kg)/Height (M) squared compared to the WHO growth reference standard
Undernutrition
时间窗: Height and weight measures collected twice consequentially during a 30 minute time frame on the date of survey administration.
Body Mass Index for age and gender z-scores \< -2SD of the WHO growth reference standard
Height for age and gender z-scores
时间窗: Two measures collected consequentially during a 30 minute time frame on the date of survey administration.
Height in meters for age and gender compared to the WHO growth reference standard
Stunting
时间窗: Two measures of height in meters collected consequentially during a 30 minute time frame on the date of survey administration.
Height (M) for age and gender z-scores \< -2SD of the WHO growth reference
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Lorraine Cordeiro
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst