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The research reported on here was undertaken to identify the most important contributors to continuing high mortality on a small-scale irrigation project at Nakwamoru in Turkana District, Kenya. The health status of project settlers had not been assessed prior to the present study, which was undertaken in 1978-79, a decade after the project was started. The purpose of the study was to estimate the nutritional status of project children and the major causes of morbidity in the Nakwamoru area. Nutritional status was derived from crosssectional anthropometric measurements, including weights, heights, triceps skinfolds, and upper arm circumferences, taken on approximately 60% of project children (n = 236) aged 1-10 years. The major causes of morbidity in project settlers of all ages for the period 1973-78 were estimated from outpatient records from the local primary care facility. Agehex patterns of clinic use were obtained through interviews. Stunting was found to be prevalent, especially in children aged 1 4 , while wasting was only observed in a small proportion of the sample, indicating a seasonal pattern of malnutrition. Derived cross-sectional areas of upper arm muscle and fat we

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Author

Jean Brainard

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1042-0533)

Published

1990

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)