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- Published on: 5 December 2020
- Published on: 19 May 2015
- Published on: 5 December 2020An Analysis of House hold sanitation and personal hygiene practices are associated with child stunting in rural India: across-sectional analysis of Surveys...
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This is a response to the article Household Sanitation personal Hygiene practices are
associated with child stunting in rural India: Cross-sectional analysis of surveys, published May
19, 2015. I must add that the research conducted was quite astonishing. The correlation between
water, sanitation, and hygiene practices in the study revealed that a lack of basic amenities can be
detrimental to future generations. The studies that were conducted by previous research focused
more on nutritional deficits than the environment itself which has proven to be a contributor to
the increasing numbers of children that experience stunt in growth. When a mother gives birth
one of the primary concerns that healthcare provides have is the weight of the child. In this
study, one of the first people to be identified as the blame for the stunt in a child’s impairment is
the mother. Stating that during the pregnancy the mother did not have a proper dietary intake to
facilitate a healthy baby. However, there is no considers for mothers that simply cannot avoid
eating healthy during their pregnancy.
Furthermore, the study indicated that India is a hotspot when it comes to child stunting,
but in poor countries, this can be likely because people cannot afford the finer things in life. I
agree with the author despite mother reporting that they participated in handwashing techniques
before f...Conflict of Interest:
None declared. - Published on: 19 May 2015Re: Household sanitation and personal hygiene practices are associated with child stunting in rural India: a cross-sectional analysis of surveysShow More
The association of child stunting and water, sanitation and hygiene is an eye opening study. Concentration has been on what the child is missing from their diet, without really auditing how their surrounding would affect the ultimate absorption of these nutrients in their bodies. The study identifies diarrhoea and other water borne, water washed and other contact diseases as affecting the alimentary canal of the children...
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