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Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey

Low dietary diversity is one of the most serious public health issues in developing countries, resulting in poor nutritional status, particularly vitamin and mineral deficiencies in pregnant women. However, there is insufficient information on the current status of pregnant women’s minimum dietary d...

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Autores principales: Kassahun, Esayas, Mesfin, Firehiwot, Ali, Tefera Kasahun, Getacher, Lemma
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10155005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37114982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580231167997
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author Kassahun, Esayas
Mesfin, Firehiwot
Ali, Tefera Kasahun
Getacher, Lemma
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description Low dietary diversity is one of the most serious public health issues in developing countries, resulting in poor nutritional status, particularly vitamin and mineral deficiencies in pregnant women. However, there is insufficient information on the current status of pregnant women’s minimum dietary diversity in Eastern Ethiopia. The main aim of this study is to assess the level and predictors of minimum dietary diversity among pregnant women in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia. The study was conducted on 471 women using a health institution-based cross-sectional study design from January to March 2018. A systematic random sampling method was used to select the study participants. A pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the minimum dietary diversity. A logistic regression model was used to assess the relationship between the outcome variable and the independent variables. A P-value of .05 was used to indicate statistical significance. The proportion of pregnant women who had adequate minimum dietary diversity was 52.7% (95% CI: (47.9%, 57.6)). Urban residence [(AOR = 0.08, 95% CI: (0.02, 0.33)], smaller family size [(AOR = 7.28, 95% CI: (3.25, 16.28)], husband occupation [(AOR = 2.55, 95% CI: (1.39, 4.6)], husband support [(AOR = 3.85; 95% CI: (1.23, 12.02)], having more than 1 dwelling room [(AOR = 5.7, 95% CI: (2.32, 13.8) and medium wealth quantile [AOR = 1.93, 95% CI: (1.13.39)] were associated with adequate minimum dietary diversity. The level of minimum dietary diversity was low in the study area. It was linked to urban residency, smaller family sizes, husband employment, husband support, having more than 1 bedroom, and medium wealth quantile. Efforts should be made to improve husband support, wealth index, husband occupation, and food security status in order to boost mothers’ minimal dietary diversity.
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spelling pubmed-101550052023-05-04 Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey Kassahun, Esayas Mesfin, Firehiwot Ali, Tefera Kasahun Getacher, Lemma Inquiry Original Research Low dietary diversity is one of the most serious public health issues in developing countries, resulting in poor nutritional status, particularly vitamin and mineral deficiencies in pregnant women. However, there is insufficient information on the current status of pregnant women’s minimum dietary diversity in Eastern Ethiopia. The main aim of this study is to assess the level and predictors of minimum dietary diversity among pregnant women in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia. The study was conducted on 471 women using a health institution-based cross-sectional study design from January to March 2018. A systematic random sampling method was used to select the study participants. A pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the minimum dietary diversity. A logistic regression model was used to assess the relationship between the outcome variable and the independent variables. A P-value of .05 was used to indicate statistical significance. The proportion of pregnant women who had adequate minimum dietary diversity was 52.7% (95% CI: (47.9%, 57.6)). Urban residence [(AOR = 0.08, 95% CI: (0.02, 0.33)], smaller family size [(AOR = 7.28, 95% CI: (3.25, 16.28)], husband occupation [(AOR = 2.55, 95% CI: (1.39, 4.6)], husband support [(AOR = 3.85; 95% CI: (1.23, 12.02)], having more than 1 dwelling room [(AOR = 5.7, 95% CI: (2.32, 13.8) and medium wealth quantile [AOR = 1.93, 95% CI: (1.13.39)] were associated with adequate minimum dietary diversity. The level of minimum dietary diversity was low in the study area. It was linked to urban residency, smaller family sizes, husband employment, husband support, having more than 1 bedroom, and medium wealth quantile. Efforts should be made to improve husband support, wealth index, husband occupation, and food security status in order to boost mothers’ minimal dietary diversity. SAGE Publications 2023-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10155005/ /pubmed/37114982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580231167997 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Kassahun, Esayas
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Ali, Tefera Kasahun
Getacher, Lemma
Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey
title Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey
title_full Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey
title_fullStr Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey
title_full_unstemmed Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey
title_short Level and Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence From Facility-Based Cross-sectional Survey
title_sort level and predictors of minimum dietary diversity among pregnant women in eastern ethiopia: evidence from facility-based cross-sectional survey
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10155005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37114982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580231167997
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