Trends and Determinants of Underweight among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: Data from EDHS
المؤلفون المشاركون
Fenta, Haile Mekonnen
Tesfaw, Lijalem Melie
Derebe, Muluwerk Ayele
المصدر
International Journal of Pediatrics
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-06-29
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background and Aims.
Malnutrition among under-five children is one of the major causes of death in low-income countries.
Accordingly, health sectors in developing countries are providing renewed attention to the status of children’s nutrition.
This study sought to explore the trends and identify the determinants of underweight Ethiopian under-five children across time.
Methods.
The data in the study was obtained from the 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHS).
The study involved 27564 under-five children across Ethiopian regions.
The status of underweight is determined using weight for age.
This anthropometric index has been categorized as “underweight” (Z-score less than -2) and “not underweight” (Z-score greater or equal to -2).
Logistic regression was used for each survey to detect significant determinants of underweight, while multivariate decomposition was used to determine the trends and identified the child, maternal, and household characteristics that are associated with underweight.
Result.
The survey in 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2016 showed that 41, 33, 29, and 24% of sampled under-five children were underweight, respectively, and after adjusting for confounders, children were more likely to be underweight if they were male (OR=1.16, 95%CI=1.02, 1.33) in 2016 EDHS.
Children whose mother’s age is below 20 (OR=5.75, 95%CI=1.44, 23.1)) were more likely to be underweight compared with children whose mother’s age is above 45.
Children whose mothers had no education and primary education only (OR=1.65, 95% CI 1.05, 2.59 and OR=1.43, 95% CI 1.15, 1.78, respectively) were more likely underweight compared to children whose mothers had higher education.
Conclusion.
Children’s age, birth weight, mother’s education status, and children’s gender were the most common significant factors of underweight.
The prevalence of underweight among under-five children declined over time which leads to an achievement in terms of meeting millennium development goals and nutritional targets.
Government and concerned stakeholders should work to maintain this achievement for further reduction of underweight among under-five children.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Fenta, Haile Mekonnen& Tesfaw, Lijalem Melie& Derebe, Muluwerk Ayele. 2020. Trends and Determinants of Underweight among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: Data from EDHS. International Journal of Pediatrics،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1173564
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Fenta, Haile Mekonnen…[et al.]. Trends and Determinants of Underweight among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: Data from EDHS. International Journal of Pediatrics No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1173564
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Fenta, Haile Mekonnen& Tesfaw, Lijalem Melie& Derebe, Muluwerk Ayele. Trends and Determinants of Underweight among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: Data from EDHS. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1173564
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1173564
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
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