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Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia
المؤلفون المشاركون
Derso, Terefe
Muhammad, Esmael Ali
Almaw Derseh, Hunegnaw
Zeleke, Liknaw Bewket
Endalifer, Melese Linger
المصدر
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-11-06
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Introduction.
Nutritional status of lactating women is highly linked with the overall nutritional status of population.
Undernutrition during lactation results in increased morbidity and mortality to the mother and her child.
The literature is dearth regarding to nutrition status of lactating mothers in developing countries such as Ethiopia.
Objective.
The aim of this study was to assess undernutrition and associated factors among lactating mothers having child 6–23 months in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia.
Methods.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 21 to April 19, 2018.
Simple random sampling technique was employed to recruit a total of 733 participants.
Data were collected by using an interview-administered questionnaire and entered into EpiData version 4.2 and transferred to SPSS version 20 for further analysis.
Factors associated with undernutrition were identified using multivariable logistic regression at a p value of less than 0.05 at 95% confidence interval.
The direction and strength of association was interpreted using adjusted odds ratio.
Results.
In this study, the magnitude of undernutrition among lactating women was 21.8%.
Being unmarried (AOR: 2.65, 95% CI: 1.54, 4.53), their first pregnancy <18 years (AOR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.42, 3.87), having more than 5 number of pregnancies (AOR: 2.79, 95% CI: 1.55, 5.03), inadequate dietary diversity score (AOR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.16, 3.83), and household food insecurity (AOR: 3.68, 95% CI: 2.35, 5.77) were significantly associated factors with undernutrition.
Conclusions.
The prevalence of undernutrition among lactating women was found to be high.
Programs should do better in enhancing activities of agricultural production to reduce household food insecure and to increase accessibility of diversified diet.
Other researchers better to do other studies to identify main factors of undernutrition using a qualitative study.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Almaw Derseh, Hunegnaw& Zeleke, Liknaw Bewket& Endalifer, Melese Linger& Muhammad, Esmael Ali& Derso, Terefe. 2020. Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1188695
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Almaw Derseh, Hunegnaw…[et al.]. Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1188695
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Almaw Derseh, Hunegnaw& Zeleke, Liknaw Bewket& Endalifer, Melese Linger& Muhammad, Esmael Ali& Derso, Terefe. Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1188695
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1188695
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