Feeding practices and risk factors for chronic infant undernutrition among refugees and migrants along the Thailand-Myanmar border: a mixed-methods study.

Ahmar H HashmiP B NyeinK PilasengM K PawM C DarakamonA M MinP CharunwatthanaF NostenR McGreadyV I Carrara

Published in: BMC public health (2019)

Inadequate infant feeding practices are widespread in refugee and migrant communities along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Risk factors particular to maternal nutrition and infant birth should be considered for future programming to reduce the burden of chronic malnutrition in infants.

Keyphrases

risk factors
primary care
healthcare
physical activity
pregnancy outcomes
current status
birth weight
gestational age
drug induced
weight loss