Child nutritional status as screening tool for identifying undernourished mothers: an observational study of mother-child dyads in Mogadishu, Somalia, from November 2019 to March 2020.
Rachael ZacksMija VerversCindy H HwangAdan MahdiEva LeidmanPublished in: BMJ nutrition, prevention & health (2021)
Undernutrition among non-PLMs illustrates the importance of expanding screening. However, while significant, the strength of association between mother and child anthropometrics does not support child nutritional status as a screening tool for identifying at-risk mothers.
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