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Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis

INTRODUCTION: Mass deworming of preschool children is a strategy suggested to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections in most developing countries. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of data showing the contribution of mass deworming to a child's nutritional status. The purpose of this study...

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Autores principales: Moshi, Cypriana Cyprian, Sebastian, Penina Joseph, Azizi, Kaunara Ally, Killel, Erick, Mushumbusi, Devotha Gabriel, Meghji, Wessy Pirbhai, Kitunda, Malimi Emmanuel, Millinga, Francis Karl, Adam, Hancy, Kasankala, Ladislaus Manaku
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Publicado: Hindawi 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37520400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9529600
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author Moshi, Cypriana Cyprian
Sebastian, Penina Joseph
Azizi, Kaunara Ally
Killel, Erick
Mushumbusi, Devotha Gabriel
Meghji, Wessy Pirbhai
Kitunda, Malimi Emmanuel
Millinga, Francis Karl
Adam, Hancy
Kasankala, Ladislaus Manaku
author_facet Moshi, Cypriana Cyprian
Sebastian, Penina Joseph
Azizi, Kaunara Ally
Killel, Erick
Mushumbusi, Devotha Gabriel
Meghji, Wessy Pirbhai
Kitunda, Malimi Emmanuel
Millinga, Francis Karl
Adam, Hancy
Kasankala, Ladislaus Manaku
author_sort Moshi, Cypriana Cyprian
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description INTRODUCTION: Mass deworming of preschool children is a strategy suggested to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections in most developing countries. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of data showing the contribution of mass deworming to a child's nutritional status. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of deworming on nutritional health outcomes (stunting, underweight, and anemia) in children aged 12 to 59 months. METHODS: A secondary analysis of data extracted from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) 2015-16 data was carried out. A total of 7,962 children were included in this study. A multilevel logistic regression was used at a 5% level of significance to determine the individual- and community-level determinants of deworming on health outcomes among children. RESULTS: The prevalence of underweight (62.6%), stunting (61.0%), and anemia (61.8%) was higher in children who were not dewormed than those who were dewormed. Female children were more likely to suffer from poor health outcomes (OR = 1.01 and 95% CI = 0.95–1.07) than male children. Children aged 24–35 months and 36–47 months were significantly less likely to suffer from poor health outcomes (OR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.82–0.97 and OR = 0.88; 96% CI = 0.81–0.96, respectively; p < 0.01). Children from households with unimproved toilets (OR = 1.38 and 95% CI = 1.25–1.52), unimproved water sources (OR = 1.08 and 95% CI = 1.01–1.16), and living in rural areas (OR = 1.02 and 95% CI = 0.91–1.14) had higher odds for poor health outcomes. CONCLUSION: Deworming may be an effective technique for preventing poor health outcomes in children and the risks associated with them, such as poor growth and development.
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spelling pubmed-103822392023-07-29 Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis Moshi, Cypriana Cyprian Sebastian, Penina Joseph Azizi, Kaunara Ally Killel, Erick Mushumbusi, Devotha Gabriel Meghji, Wessy Pirbhai Kitunda, Malimi Emmanuel Millinga, Francis Karl Adam, Hancy Kasankala, Ladislaus Manaku J Nutr Metab Research Article INTRODUCTION: Mass deworming of preschool children is a strategy suggested to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections in most developing countries. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of data showing the contribution of mass deworming to a child's nutritional status. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of deworming on nutritional health outcomes (stunting, underweight, and anemia) in children aged 12 to 59 months. METHODS: A secondary analysis of data extracted from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) 2015-16 data was carried out. A total of 7,962 children were included in this study. A multilevel logistic regression was used at a 5% level of significance to determine the individual- and community-level determinants of deworming on health outcomes among children. RESULTS: The prevalence of underweight (62.6%), stunting (61.0%), and anemia (61.8%) was higher in children who were not dewormed than those who were dewormed. Female children were more likely to suffer from poor health outcomes (OR = 1.01 and 95% CI = 0.95–1.07) than male children. Children aged 24–35 months and 36–47 months were significantly less likely to suffer from poor health outcomes (OR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.82–0.97 and OR = 0.88; 96% CI = 0.81–0.96, respectively; p < 0.01). Children from households with unimproved toilets (OR = 1.38 and 95% CI = 1.25–1.52), unimproved water sources (OR = 1.08 and 95% CI = 1.01–1.16), and living in rural areas (OR = 1.02 and 95% CI = 0.91–1.14) had higher odds for poor health outcomes. CONCLUSION: Deworming may be an effective technique for preventing poor health outcomes in children and the risks associated with them, such as poor growth and development. Hindawi 2023-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10382239/ /pubmed/37520400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9529600 Text en Copyright © 2023 Cypriana Cyprian Moshi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Moshi, Cypriana Cyprian
Sebastian, Penina Joseph
Azizi, Kaunara Ally
Killel, Erick
Mushumbusi, Devotha Gabriel
Meghji, Wessy Pirbhai
Kitunda, Malimi Emmanuel
Millinga, Francis Karl
Adam, Hancy
Kasankala, Ladislaus Manaku
Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis
title Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis
title_full Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis
title_fullStr Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis
title_short Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis
title_sort effect of deworming on health outcomes among children aged 12–59 months in tanzania: a multilevel mixed effects analysis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37520400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9529600
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