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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
Joint Authors
Buruh, Gerezgiher
Fantahun, Atsede
Gebrekirstos, Kahsu
Source
International Journal of Pediatrics
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract 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.
American Psychological Association (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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Modern Language Association (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.
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American Medical Association (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.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451445