Dietary Diversity Practice and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Robe Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Bedada Damtie, Shumi
Benti Tefera, Tomas
Tegegne Haile, Mekonnen
Source
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-07-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Diet diversification is essential to prepare adequate food that is useful for children’s physical and cognitive development.
Despite the limited studies performed in different parts of Ethiopia, the information about the feeding practice of children in the current study area is not documented.
Thus, this study intended to assess the dietary diversity practices and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months.
Methods.
Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 517 children aged 6–23 months paired with their mothers in Robe town.
Systematic sampling technique was applied to select a child-mother pair.
Data were collected using a pretested and structured questionnaire.
Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify the factors associated with the dependent variable.
Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were used to assess the strength of association and level of significance.
Results.
From a total of 508 children included, making a 98% response rate, 77% of them did not meet the minimum dietary diversity.
Children aged 12–23 months were more likely fed diversified food when compared with those aged 6–11 months (AOR = 2.99).
Mothers whose educational level was secondary and above (AOR = 3.21), had media exposure (AOR = 3.99), and were knowledgeable about diet diversification (AOR = 8.5) were more likely to feed their child diversified food than their counterpart.
Children whose father was a merchant were more likely to receive a diversified diet compared to those whose fathers were daily laborers.
Conclusions.
Inadequate practices of minimum dietary diversity observed in the current study area were mainly associated with the child’s age, maternal education, mothers’ knowledge on diet diversification, and media exposure.
Improving knowledge of mothers, increasing their education, and promoting appropriate infant and child feeding practices through media are an important intervention to improve dietary diversity practices.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bedada Damtie, Shumi& Benti Tefera, Tomas& Tegegne Haile, Mekonnen. 2020. Dietary Diversity Practice and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Robe Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bedada Damtie, Shumi…[et al.]. Dietary Diversity Practice and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Robe Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1188767
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bedada Damtie, Shumi& Benti Tefera, Tomas& Tegegne Haile, Mekonnen. Dietary Diversity Practice and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Robe Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1188767
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1188767