The impact of adult deaths from AIDS and other causes on the nutritional status of children in northwestern Tanzania.
Int Conf AIDS 1993 Jun 6-11; 9:129 (abstract no. WS-D26-2) Semali I, Ainsworth M; University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
This paper presents the relation between adult deaths and child weight and height, among children under five from the first wave of a longitudinal household survey in NW Tanzania. Child nutritional status can be affected through two channels--contraction of HIV from the mother, and through the negative socioeconomic effects of losing a parent or other provider. The impact of adult deaths is measured in terms of: (a) the child's orphanhood status; and (b) whether or not there has been a recent adult death (age 15-50) in the household.
Keywords: AEGIS, Nutritional Status, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Death, HIV Infections, Body Weight, Tanzania, HIV, Child Nutrition, Family Characteristics, Body Height, HIV Seroprevalence, HIV-1, HIV Antibodies, Longitudinal Studies, Adult, Child, Human, etiology, ICA9
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