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Magnitude and Reasons for Harmful Traditional Practices among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age in Axum Town, North Ethiopia, 2013
المؤلفون المشاركون
Buruh, Gerezgiher
Fantahun, Atsede
Gebrekirstos, Kahsu
المصدر
International Journal of Pediatrics
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-06-19
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
In addition to beneficial traditional practices, there are around 140 harmful traditional practices affecting mothers and children in almost all ethnic groups of Ethiopia.
Therefore this study might give a clue about their practice and associated factors.
The objective of this study was to assess magnitude of harmful traditional practices among children less than 5 years of age in Axum Town, North Ethiopia.
Methods.
Community based cross-sectional study was conducted on 752 participants who were selected using multistage sampling.
Simple random sampling method was used to select ketenas from all kebelles of Axum Town.
After proportional allocation of sample size to eachketena, systematic random sampling method was used to get the study participants.
Data was collected using interviewer administered questionnaire; it was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16 and descriptive statistics was calculated.
Results.
Majority of the respondents (81.2%) were Orthodox, 78.2% of the mothers had no work, and majority of mothers had no formal education.
Among the harmful traditional practices performed on children, uvula cutting alone was performed on 72.8% of children followed by milk teeth extraction and uvula cutting with eyebrow incision.
Conclusion.
The leading harmful traditional practice performed on children in this study was uvula cutting.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Gebrekirstos, Kahsu& Fantahun, Atsede& Buruh, Gerezgiher. 2014. Magnitude and Reasons for Harmful Traditional Practices among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age in Axum Town, North Ethiopia, 2013. International Journal of Pediatrics،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Gebrekirstos, Kahsu…[et al.]. Magnitude and Reasons for Harmful Traditional Practices among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age in Axum Town, North Ethiopia, 2013. International Journal of Pediatrics No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451445
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Gebrekirstos, Kahsu& Fantahun, Atsede& Buruh, Gerezgiher. Magnitude and Reasons for Harmful Traditional Practices among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age in Axum Town, North Ethiopia, 2013. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451445
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-451445
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