TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION............................................................................................................................I
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................III
DEDICATION.............................................................................................................................IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT........................................................................................................... V
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...........................................................................................................VI
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................IX
LIST OF FIGURES....................................................................................................................IX
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................... X
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION ...............................................................................................XI
ABSRACT ................................................................................................................................. XII
CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM ................................................................................ 2
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT.................................................................................................... 3
1.3 STUDY OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... 3
1.3.1 Broad Objective.............................................................................................................. 3
1.3.2 Specific Objectives......................................................................................................... 3
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................................... 4
1.5 HYPOTHESIS....................................................................................................................... 4
1.6 JUSTIFICATIONS................................................................................................................ 4
1.7 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK:......................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................... 6
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................ 6
2.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 6
2.1 PREVALENCE OF SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION.................................................. 6
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2.2 CO MOBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MALNUTRITION. ............................ 7
CHAPTER THREE...................................................................................................................... 9
3.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 9
3.1 STUDY DESIGN .................................................................................................................. 9
3.2 STUDY AREA...................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 STUDY SETTINGS AND POPULATION........................................................................... 9
3.4 SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION .................................................................................. 10
3.5 SAMPLING METHOD....................................................................................................... 10
3.6 STUDY VARIABLES ........................................................................................................ 10
3.7 TOOLS AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION....................................................... 11
3.8 DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS........................................................................... 11
3.9 INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA ................................................................... 11
3.9.1 INCLUSION CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 11
3.9.2 EXLUSION CRITERIA............................................................................................... 11
3.10 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY..................................................................................... 11
3.11 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION......................................................................................... 12
3.12 QUALITY CONTROL...................................................................................................... 12
CHAPTER FOUR....................................................................................................................... 13
RESULTS .................................................................................................................................... 13
4.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 13
4.1 SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHICS .............................................................................................. 13
4.2 TYPES OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION ............................................................................. 16
CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................ 19
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS .................................................................................................... 19
5.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 19
5.1 DEMOGRAPHICS ................................................................................................................... 19
5.2 PREVALENCE OF FORMS OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION .............................................................. 19
5.3 PREVALENCE OF INFECTION AMONG CHILDREN WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION....................... 20
5.4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORMS OF ACUTE MALNUTRITION AND DURATION OF HOSPITAL
ADMISSION ................................................................................................................................. 20
