Cargando…
Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach
Background: Childhood anaemia is a major public health issue necessitating rapid attention due to its debilitating consequences on the child, family, and society. Previous studies have assessed the prevalence and contributing factors to childhood anaemia in many developing countries. Yet, little is...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9497788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36138724 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9091415 |
_version_ | 1784794593170030592 |
---|---|
author | Kuse, Kenenisa Abdisa Jima, Demie Seyoum Chikako, Teshita Uke Hagan, John Elvis Seidu, Abdul-Aziz Aboagye, Richard Gyan Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku |
author_facet | Kuse, Kenenisa Abdisa Jima, Demie Seyoum Chikako, Teshita Uke Hagan, John Elvis Seidu, Abdul-Aziz Aboagye, Richard Gyan Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku |
author_sort | Kuse, Kenenisa Abdisa |
collection | PubMed |
description | Background: Childhood anaemia is a major public health issue necessitating rapid attention due to its debilitating consequences on the child, family, and society. Previous studies have assessed the prevalence and contributing factors to childhood anaemia in many developing countries. Yet, little is known about the factors that contribute to childhood anaemia in Ethiopia. The study examined the factors associated with inequalities of childhood anaemia in Ethiopia. Methods: Data for the study were extracted from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey of Ethiopia. A total of 7960 children were considered in the final study. Bivariate and multilevel ordinal logistic regression analyses were used to estimate determinants of inequalities of childhood anaemia status. Results: Overall, the prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe anaemia among the children were 24.5%, 28.4%, and 2.2%, respectively. The child’s age (in months), sex of the child, preceding birth interval (in months), mother’s educational level, antenatal care visit, wealth index of mothers, source of drinking water, type of toilet facility, place of residence, and region were significantly associated with childhood anaemia. The multilevel random coefficient model found that there is a variation of childhood anaemia among women (intra-cluster correlation [ICC] = 15.06%), households (ICC = 15.6%), and communities (ICC = 14.22%) in Ethiopia. Conclusions: This study showed that anaemia is common among Ethiopian children. Factors found to be associated with childhood anaemia were the sociodemographic characteristics of the child and their mothers. We recommend that existing programs and interventions to prevent and reduce childhood anaemia be strengthened. Moreover, a targeted intervention includes deworming, intensified year-round behavior change communication campaigns and testing using digital methods, and point-of-care treatment. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9497788 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-94977882022-09-23 Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach Kuse, Kenenisa Abdisa Jima, Demie Seyoum Chikako, Teshita Uke Hagan, John Elvis Seidu, Abdul-Aziz Aboagye, Richard Gyan Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku Children (Basel) Article Background: Childhood anaemia is a major public health issue necessitating rapid attention due to its debilitating consequences on the child, family, and society. Previous studies have assessed the prevalence and contributing factors to childhood anaemia in many developing countries. Yet, little is known about the factors that contribute to childhood anaemia in Ethiopia. The study examined the factors associated with inequalities of childhood anaemia in Ethiopia. Methods: Data for the study were extracted from the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey of Ethiopia. A total of 7960 children were considered in the final study. Bivariate and multilevel ordinal logistic regression analyses were used to estimate determinants of inequalities of childhood anaemia status. Results: Overall, the prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe anaemia among the children were 24.5%, 28.4%, and 2.2%, respectively. The child’s age (in months), sex of the child, preceding birth interval (in months), mother’s educational level, antenatal care visit, wealth index of mothers, source of drinking water, type of toilet facility, place of residence, and region were significantly associated with childhood anaemia. The multilevel random coefficient model found that there is a variation of childhood anaemia among women (intra-cluster correlation [ICC] = 15.06%), households (ICC = 15.6%), and communities (ICC = 14.22%) in Ethiopia. Conclusions: This study showed that anaemia is common among Ethiopian children. Factors found to be associated with childhood anaemia were the sociodemographic characteristics of the child and their mothers. We recommend that existing programs and interventions to prevent and reduce childhood anaemia be strengthened. Moreover, a targeted intervention includes deworming, intensified year-round behavior change communication campaigns and testing using digital methods, and point-of-care treatment. MDPI 2022-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9497788/ /pubmed/36138724 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9091415 Text en © 2022 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 Kuse, Kenenisa Abdisa Jima, Demie Seyoum Chikako, Teshita Uke Hagan, John Elvis Seidu, Abdul-Aziz Aboagye, Richard Gyan Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach |
title | Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach |
title_full | Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach |
title_fullStr | Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach |
title_short | Individual, Maternal, Household, and Community Level Variability in Determining Inequalities in Childhood Anaemia within Ethiopia: Four-Level Multilevel Analysis Approach |
title_sort | individual, maternal, household, and community level variability in determining inequalities in childhood anaemia within ethiopia: four-level multilevel analysis approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9497788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36138724 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9091415 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT kusekenenisaabdisa individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach AT jimademieseyoum individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach AT chikakoteshitauke individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach AT haganjohnelvis individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach AT seiduabdulaziz individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach AT aboagyerichardgyan individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach AT ahinkorahbrightopoku individualmaternalhouseholdandcommunitylevelvariabilityindetermininginequalitiesinchildhoodanaemiawithinethiopiafourlevelmultilevelanalysisapproach |