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Stunting and its determinant factors among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia

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Title
Stunting and its determinant factors among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics, December 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13052-017-0433-1
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Amare Tariku, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Terefe Derso, Molla Mesele Wassie, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe

Abstract

Though Ethiopia has implemented different nutritional interventions, childhood stunting on which literature is limited continues as a severe public health problem. Thus, this study aimed to investigate stunting and its determinants among children aged 6-59 months in the predominantly rural northwest Ethiopia. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from May to June 2015 at Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) site. A total of 1295 mother-child pairs were included for analysis. An ordinal multivariable logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify the determinants of severe stunting. To show the strength of associations, both Crude Odds Ratio (COR) and Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) with a 95% Confidence Interval (CI) were estimated. Also, a P-value of <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance in the final model. The overall prevalence of stunting among children aged 6-59 months was 64.5%, of which about 37.7% and 26.8% were moderately and severely stunted, respectively. Farming occupation of mother [AOR = 1.45; 95% CI: 1.08, 1.93], lack of postnatal vitamin-A supplementation [AOR = 1.54; 95%: 1.19, 2.00], poorer household wealth status [AOR = 2.07; CI: 1.56, 2.75] and accessing family food from farms [AOR = 1.44; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.89] were identified as the key determinants of severe stunting. In the district, the magnitude of stunting was a critical public health concern. Therefore, emphasis should be given to improving mothers' postnatal vitamin A supplementation coverage and building knowledge about appropriate child feeding practices among farmer mothers and poorer households.

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Unknown 420 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 53 13%
Student > Bachelor 46 11%
Lecturer 30 7%
Researcher 28 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 5%
Other 54 13%
Unknown 187 45%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 99 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 39 9%
Social Sciences 28 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 8 2%
Other 38 9%
Unknown 192 46%
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#20,663,600
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#12
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