This report describes a participatory analysis of malnutrition in children and mothers in Karamoja, focusing on the seasonality of livelihoods and food availability, and on causes of malnutrition. A key aspect of the analysis was to assess whether the methods and approaches of participatory epidemiology (PE) could be adapted to provide useful information on malnutrition.
The work was conducted with a total of 42 groups of women in agro-pastoralist and pastoralist areas of Karamoja and involved an initial ethnographic stage based on 22 focus group discussions (FGDs), followed by the use of monthly calendars and participatory causal analysis with 18 groups. Findings were triangulated against secondary data and literature.
