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Risk Factors of Underweight in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Mehretie Adinew, Yohannes
Workie, Shimelash Bitew
Tosheno, Deneke
Thangavel, Thilagavathi
Source
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-11-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Undernutrition in early childhood has irreversible and long-lasting implications.
Hence, this study was aimed at assessing risk factors of child undernutrition.
Methods.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 642 households with mothers to children pairs aged 6–59 months selected by a multistage systematic random sampling method.
Child anthropometric measurements on weight were recorded using standardized and calibrated weighing scales.
Weight-for-age was compared to the 2007 WHO growth reference by WHO Anthro software.
Data were entered using Epi-Info and analyzed using SPSS.
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between underweight children and their predictors; both crude and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were reported.
Results.
One-fourth (25%) of the children were underweight.
Child age (AOR: 2.36), gender (AOR: 1.82), illness (AOR: 0.09), maternal decision making power (AOR: 0.07), maternal education (AOR: 0.19), employment/occupation (AOR: 5.29), and household income (AOR: 4.16) were found to be independent and significant predictors of underweight children.
Conclusion.
Significant proportion of the children were underweight.
Maternal decision-making power persists as a strong predictor of children’s weight.
Therefore, intervention programs focusing on improving mothers’ decision-making power on child nutrition would contribute to the efforts towards alleviating the problem.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tosheno, Deneke& Mehretie Adinew, Yohannes& Thangavel, Thilagavathi& Workie, Shimelash Bitew. 2017. Risk Factors of Underweight in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tosheno, Deneke…[et al.]. Risk Factors of Underweight in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tosheno, Deneke& Mehretie Adinew, Yohannes& Thangavel, Thilagavathi& Workie, Shimelash Bitew. Risk Factors of Underweight in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1183984
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1183984