Research Article

Primary health care facility infrastructure and services and the nutritional status of children 0 to 71 months old and their caregivers attending these facilities in four rural districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 23 , issue 1 , 2010 , pages: 21–27

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2010.11734254

Author(s): S Schoeman Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, , Cm Smuts Currently from Center of Excellence in Nutrition, Potchefstroom , M Faber Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, , M Van Stuijvenberg Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, , A Oelofse Currently from Center for Nutrition, , Ja Laubscher Bio-statistics Unit, , Ajs Benadé Currently from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, , Ma Dhansay Currently from Executive Research Directorate,

Keywords: primary health care facilities , nutritional status , children , caregivers’ rural , South Africa

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Abstract

Objective: To assess primary health care (PHC) facility infrastructure and services, and the nutritional status of 0 to 71-month-old children and their caregivers attending PHC facilities in the Eastern Cape (EC) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provinces in South Africa.

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