Developing nurse-led nutrition improvement program based on local food culture and environment in rural Kenya

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26861984
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Junichi 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 助教 (80718990)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 食事パターン / 貧血 / 低身長 / 国際保健

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In rural eastern Kenya, anemia and stunting among under two years old children are observed remarkably. On the other hand, normal growth children also exists. It might enable to prevent anemia and stunting by grasping the protective dietary patterns based on local food culture and developing nutritional education program using protective local dietary patterns. As a result of considering the dietary diversity, there was no significant relation between dietary diversity and anemia, dietary diversity and stunting, respectively. Currently, the results of the dietary survey is being analyzed. The researcher are planning to identify dietary patterns that are protectively related to anemia and stunting, after adjusted potential confounding factors such as parasite infection and socioeconomic conditions.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学