@article{Sassi:149892,
      recid = {149892},
      author = {Sassi, M.},
      title = {Child Nutritional Status in the Malawian District of  Salima: A Capability Approach},
      address = {2013-06},
      number = {1052-2016-85893},
      pages = {19},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {This paper investigates the long- and short-term  determinants of child nutritional status in the Malawian  district of
Salima. Based on monthly data from July 2004 to  June 2012, the study applies the capability approach to the  analysis
of the impact on child nutritional status of a set  of indicators representative of household food security,  maternal and
child care, access to and coverage of health  services and health environment conditions. Two models are  estimated by
OLS in order to compare results based on  historical series and their trend-cycle, seasonal and  irregular components.
Findings suggest to consider the  relative response of child nutritional status to food and  health in policy making, the
importance of efficient and  effective coordination mechanisms among stakeholders, the  need for a multidimensional
food security indicator, the  relevance of seasonal events and climatic shocks, and the  urgency to arrest the long-term
cycle of food insecurity  and malnutrition.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/149892},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.149892},
}