Statistical Aspects of Community Health and Nutrition

AK Nigam served as Professor and Head, Training & Basic Research at the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India. He specializes in public health, food and agriculture and nutrition. He conducted the state-based women and child nutrition survey for the Department of Women and Child, State Government of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Foreword, Why this book

1. Quantitative research methods

2. Qualitative methods

3. Maternal and infant survival

4. Undernutrition

5. Nutritional deficiency disorders and immunization

6. Anemia

7. Adolescent reproductive sexual health

8. Gender disparity

9. Food insecurity and hunger

10. Diseases in community clusters

11. Analysis of multiple response data

12. Randomized response technique (for sensitive characteristics)

13. Small area estimation (for inadequate sample size)

References, WHO growth standards tables, Index