Department of Data Science, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2022 Mar;34(2-3):206-212. doi: 10.1177/10105395211058288. Epub 2021 Nov 15.
The 2015/2016 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) revealed that the prevalence of anemia among children under five years is 58% in India. Lack of nutritional supplementation and lack of health care facilities are found to be important influential factors of anemia among children. We aimed to examine district-level spatial heterogeneity and clustering of associated factors with childhood anemia in India. Geographically weighted regression was applied on the NFHS-5 data for 335 districts. Factors such as prevalence of nutritional supplementation in children and mothers, birth order, antenatal care, diarrhea in children, and stunting were found to be significantly associated. Spatial scan statistics technique identified three significant local spatial clusters of anemia. This study provides findings based on the latest available data which can further assist in the design and execution of tailor-made policies.
2015/2016 年全国家庭健康调查（NFHS-4）显示，印度五岁以下儿童贫血患病率为 58%。缺乏营养补充和缺乏医疗保健设施被认为是儿童贫血的重要影响因素。我们旨在研究印度儿童贫血相关因素的区级空间异质性和聚类。对 NFHS-5 数据在 335 个区进行了地理加权回归。结果发现，儿童和母亲中营养补充剂的患病率、出生顺序、产前护理、儿童腹泻和发育迟缓等因素与贫血显著相关。空间扫描统计技术确定了贫血的三个显著局部空间聚类。本研究基于最新的可用数据提供了发现，这可以进一步有助于制定和执行定制政策。
