Multilevel Pathways of Rural and Urban Poverty as Determinants of Childhood Undernutrition in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Siy Van, Vanessa T., Sales, Zarah G., Gordoncillo, Normahitta P., Advincula-Lopez, Leslie, Sescon, Joselito T., Miro, Eden Delight
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Asia; child nutrition; urbanization; poverty; Health Policy; Human and Clinical Nutrition; Maternal and Child Health; Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Social Welfare
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/hs-faculty-pubs/19; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10875549.2021.2011818
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper identified and compared pathways of childhood undernutrition among 308 rural and 310 urban children from low-income households in the Philippines. Multidisciplinary analyses based on quantitative and qualitative data revealed unique urban and rural constraints accounting for differing nut...