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Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Globally about 159, 101, and 52 million children are stunted, underweight, and wasted, respectively. According to the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, about 38% of Ethiopian children are stunted and 46, 28.4, and 9.8% of children in Amhara Region are stunted, underweight and...

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Autores principales: Sewenet, Tesfamaryam, W/Selassie, Mulugeta, Zenebe, Yosef, Yimam, Wondwossen, Woretaw, Lebasie
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874575
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.916726
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W/Selassie, Mulugeta
Zenebe, Yosef
Yimam, Wondwossen
Woretaw, Lebasie
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description BACKGROUND: Globally about 159, 101, and 52 million children are stunted, underweight, and wasted, respectively. According to the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, about 38% of Ethiopian children are stunted and 46, 28.4, and 9.8% of children in Amhara Region are stunted, underweight and wasted, respectively. This study aimed to assess undernutrition and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months old at Dessie town, 2021. METHOD: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from October – November 2021 in Dessie Town. A total of 421 Mothers/caregivers with children aged 6-23 months old were selected by a systematic sampling method from the health extension registration book. Epi-data 3.01 was used for data entry, SPSS version 20 for statistical analysis, and WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 software for calculating the z scores. Binary logistic regression and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the data. AOR with 95% CI and P-values less than 0.05 were considered to see the statistical significance. RESULTS: A total of 421 mothers or care givers paired with 6-23 months old children participated in the study. The prevalence of stunting, underweight, wasting were 36.8% (95% CI: 32%, 41.6%), 27.6% (95% CI: 23.6%, 32.2%), and 11.5% (95% CI: 8.4%, 14.7%) respectively. Sex of the child (AOR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.02, 2.34), handwashing practice (AOR = 2.32; 95% CI: 1.05, 5.11) and maternal family planning use (AOR = 0.39; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.77) were significantly associated with stunting. Age of child 12-17 months (AOR = 4.62; 95% CI: 2.65, 8.06) and sex of the child (AOR = 1.93; 95% CI: 1.21, 3.07) were associated with underweight. Age of child 12-17 months (AOR = 2.25; 95% CI: 1.06, 4.78) and treatment of drinking water (AOR = 0.21; 95% CI: 0.07, 0.59) were associated with wasting. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: In this study, the prevalence of undernutrition among children aged 6-23 months was higher for stunting (36.8%), underweight (27.6%) and wasting (11.5%) compared to WHO classification. Improved access to water, hygiene and sanitation, family planning services, avoiding gender discrimination during child feeding, and age-appropriate feeding practices are recommended. Moreover, implementation of public policies on food and nutrition is required for children 6-23 months of age.
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spelling pubmed-93047582022-07-23 Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study Sewenet, Tesfamaryam W/Selassie, Mulugeta Zenebe, Yosef Yimam, Wondwossen Woretaw, Lebasie Front Pediatr Pediatrics BACKGROUND: Globally about 159, 101, and 52 million children are stunted, underweight, and wasted, respectively. According to the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, about 38% of Ethiopian children are stunted and 46, 28.4, and 9.8% of children in Amhara Region are stunted, underweight and wasted, respectively. This study aimed to assess undernutrition and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months old at Dessie town, 2021. METHOD: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from October – November 2021 in Dessie Town. A total of 421 Mothers/caregivers with children aged 6-23 months old were selected by a systematic sampling method from the health extension registration book. Epi-data 3.01 was used for data entry, SPSS version 20 for statistical analysis, and WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 software for calculating the z scores. Binary logistic regression and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the data. AOR with 95% CI and P-values less than 0.05 were considered to see the statistical significance. RESULTS: A total of 421 mothers or care givers paired with 6-23 months old children participated in the study. The prevalence of stunting, underweight, wasting were 36.8% (95% CI: 32%, 41.6%), 27.6% (95% CI: 23.6%, 32.2%), and 11.5% (95% CI: 8.4%, 14.7%) respectively. Sex of the child (AOR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.02, 2.34), handwashing practice (AOR = 2.32; 95% CI: 1.05, 5.11) and maternal family planning use (AOR = 0.39; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.77) were significantly associated with stunting. Age of child 12-17 months (AOR = 4.62; 95% CI: 2.65, 8.06) and sex of the child (AOR = 1.93; 95% CI: 1.21, 3.07) were associated with underweight. Age of child 12-17 months (AOR = 2.25; 95% CI: 1.06, 4.78) and treatment of drinking water (AOR = 0.21; 95% CI: 0.07, 0.59) were associated with wasting. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: In this study, the prevalence of undernutrition among children aged 6-23 months was higher for stunting (36.8%), underweight (27.6%) and wasting (11.5%) compared to WHO classification. Improved access to water, hygiene and sanitation, family planning services, avoiding gender discrimination during child feeding, and age-appropriate feeding practices are recommended. Moreover, implementation of public policies on food and nutrition is required for children 6-23 months of age. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9304758/ /pubmed/35874575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.916726 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sewenet, W/Selassie, Zenebe, Yimam and Woretaw. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Sewenet, Tesfamaryam
W/Selassie, Mulugeta
Zenebe, Yosef
Yimam, Wondwossen
Woretaw, Lebasie
Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
title Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Undernutrition and Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Dessie Town, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2021: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort undernutrition and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in dessie town, northeastern ethiopia, 2021: a community based cross-sectional study
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874575
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.916726
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