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Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda
Stunted linear growth continues to be a public health problem that overwhelms the entire world and, particularly, developing countries. Despite several interventions designed and implemented to reduce stunting, the rate of 33.1% is still high for the proposed target of 19% in 2024. This study invest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10001740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36901076 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054068 |
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author | Habimana, Jean de Dieu Uwase, Aline Korukire, Noel Jewett, Sara Umugwaneza, Maryse Rugema, Lawrence Munyanshongore, Cyprien |
author_facet | Habimana, Jean de Dieu Uwase, Aline Korukire, Noel Jewett, Sara Umugwaneza, Maryse Rugema, Lawrence Munyanshongore, Cyprien |
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description | Stunted linear growth continues to be a public health problem that overwhelms the entire world and, particularly, developing countries. Despite several interventions designed and implemented to reduce stunting, the rate of 33.1% is still high for the proposed target of 19% in 2024. This study investigated the prevalence and associated factors of stunting among children aged 6–23 months from poor households in Rwanda. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 817 mother–child dyads (two individuals from one home) living in low-income families in five districts with a high prevalence of stunting. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the prevalence of stunting. In addition, we used bivariate analysis and a multivariate logistic regression model to measure the strength of the association between childhood stunting and exposure variables. The prevalence of stunting was 34.1%. Children from households without a vegetable garden (AOR = 2.165, p-value < 0.01), children aged 19–23 months (AOR = 4.410, p-value = 0.01), and children aged 13–18 months (AOR = 2.788, p-value = 0.08) showed increased likelihood of stunting. On the other hand, children whose mothers were not exposed to physical violence (AOR = 0.145, p-value < 0.001), those whose fathers were working (AOR = 0.036, p-value = 0.001), those whose parents were both working (AOR = 0.208, p-value = 0.029), and children whose mothers demonstrated good hand washing practice (AOR = 0.181, p-value < 0.001) were less likely to be stunted. Our findings underscore the importance of integrating the promotion of handwashing practices, owning vegetable gardens, and intimate partner violence prevention in the interventions to fight child stunting. |
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spelling | pubmed-100017402023-03-11 Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda Habimana, Jean de Dieu Uwase, Aline Korukire, Noel Jewett, Sara Umugwaneza, Maryse Rugema, Lawrence Munyanshongore, Cyprien Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Stunted linear growth continues to be a public health problem that overwhelms the entire world and, particularly, developing countries. Despite several interventions designed and implemented to reduce stunting, the rate of 33.1% is still high for the proposed target of 19% in 2024. This study investigated the prevalence and associated factors of stunting among children aged 6–23 months from poor households in Rwanda. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 817 mother–child dyads (two individuals from one home) living in low-income families in five districts with a high prevalence of stunting. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the prevalence of stunting. In addition, we used bivariate analysis and a multivariate logistic regression model to measure the strength of the association between childhood stunting and exposure variables. The prevalence of stunting was 34.1%. Children from households without a vegetable garden (AOR = 2.165, p-value < 0.01), children aged 19–23 months (AOR = 4.410, p-value = 0.01), and children aged 13–18 months (AOR = 2.788, p-value = 0.08) showed increased likelihood of stunting. On the other hand, children whose mothers were not exposed to physical violence (AOR = 0.145, p-value < 0.001), those whose fathers were working (AOR = 0.036, p-value = 0.001), those whose parents were both working (AOR = 0.208, p-value = 0.029), and children whose mothers demonstrated good hand washing practice (AOR = 0.181, p-value < 0.001) were less likely to be stunted. Our findings underscore the importance of integrating the promotion of handwashing practices, owning vegetable gardens, and intimate partner violence prevention in the interventions to fight child stunting. MDPI 2023-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10001740/ /pubmed/36901076 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054068 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Habimana, Jean de Dieu Uwase, Aline Korukire, Noel Jewett, Sara Umugwaneza, Maryse Rugema, Lawrence Munyanshongore, Cyprien Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda |
title | Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda |
title_full | Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda |
title_short | Prevalence and Correlates of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months from Poor Households in Rwanda |
title_sort | prevalence and correlates of stunting among children aged 6–23 months from poor households in rwanda |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10001740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36901076 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054068 |
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