Assessment of Factors Associated with Malnutrition among Under Five Years Age Children at Machakel Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia: A Case Control Study

W, Bantamen G Belaynew

doi:10.4172/2155-9600.1000256

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“…This finding was in agreement with studies conducted in North Gondar, Ethiopia [23] and Machakal woreda Northwest Ethiopia and Bangladesh [17,18,33]. This could be due to the higher education level of the mothers, the better perception and estimation of malnutrition in their children.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…This was also in agreement with the study findings of Machakal woreda of [18]. This probably due to hand washing prevents from several infections.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…This finding was in agreement with the study conducted in North Gondar and Machakal woreda Northwest Ethiopia [18,23]. This could be due to decrease in appetite and absorption of nutrients from intestine which can lead to weight loss during diarrhea.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Globally different literatures revealed that the determinants of acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months include poverty, parental illiteracy, parental decision making, inadequate feeding practices, large family size, non-exclusive breastfeeding, diarrhea, low birth weight, immunization status, disturbed (broken) family, maternal hand washing habit and repeated pregnancies according to published works [14][15][16][17][18].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months in Public Hospitals, Oromia region, West Ethiopia: a case–control study

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Background: Acute malnutrition is a recent and severe weight loss as a result of acute food shortage and/or illness. It is the leading causes of morbidity and mortality of children aged 6-59 months as risk of death is nine times higher than that of children without it. In Ethiopia despite recent economic progress; nutritional status of children is among the worst in the world and it remains major public health problem. According to recently published mini demographic & health survey 2014; 9 % of children are wasted (3 % severely wasted) in the country and in Oromia region 8.8 % of children are wasted (1.7 % severely wasted). However there is no information on determinants of acute malnutrition in the study area. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months in the study area. Methods: A facility based un-matched case control study was conducted on 339 (113 cases and 226 controls) children aged 6-59 months with their respective mothers from December 3, 2014 to March 25, 2015. The data were collected by using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC). Odds Ratio along with 95 % confidence interval was estimated to identify determinants of acute malnutrition (wasting) using the multivariable logistic regression. Level of statistical significance was declared at P < 0.05. Results: Wasting was associated with diarrheal diseases in the previous two weeks [AOR (95 % CI) =3.94 (2.01-7.73)], mothers habit of less frequent hand washing [AOR (95 % CI) =14.39 (7.33-28.22)], did not exclusively breastfed [AOR (95 % CI) = 2.63 (1.29-4.82)], having large family sizes [AOR (95 % CI) =2.59 (1.34-5.0)], absence of latrine [AOR (95 % CI) =2.99(1.23-7.06)], illiterate mothers [AOR (95 % CI) =2.16(1.14-4.11)] and febrile illness in the previous two weeks [AOR (95 % CI) =1.89 (1.0-3.59)].Conclusions: Wasting was significantly associated with diarrheal and febrile illness in the previous two weeks, lack of maternal education, hand washing & sub optimal breastfeeding practices, larger family size, and absence of latrine. Thus, an organized effort should be made at all levels to improve maternal and child health services, hand washing & breastfeeding practices, construction of latrines and education of mothers to restrain the problems of child acute malnutrition.

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confidence: 95%

“…This was also in agreement with the study findings of Machakal woreda of [18]. This probably due to hand washing prevents from several infections.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months in Public Hospitals, Oromia region, West Ethiopia: a case–control study

2015

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“…al. in northwest Ethiopia, factors that were found responsible for malnutrition were inappropriate child caring and feeding practices such as using unprotected source of water for drinking and frequency of diarrheal episode, child vaccination status, food handler or care giver poor hand washing practices, parental decision making on use money for child care 5 . In a study done by Sharma KR in Mugu district, Nepal, following factors were associated with malnutrition: food scarcity, poor hygiene and environmental practices, lack of care of the mother towards her child due to priority given to work and lack of knowledge about proper child feeding/care 6 .…”

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Assessment of Nutritional Status of Children Attending Paediatrics OPD of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal

Thakur

Bhatta

Poudel

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J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc.

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Quality diets for better health: Integrated orange‐fleshed sweetpotato intervention improved dietary practice in southern Ethiopia

Brouwer,

Bocher,

Low

2023

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Poor diet quality for women and children under 2 years of age is the major public health problem in developing countries claiming lives of millions of children and mothers. Nutrition‐sensitive, climate smart orange‐fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] intervention has been proved to be an effective approach to ensure enhanced diet quality and reduce the health burden faced by women and children. The objective of this study is to contribute to evidence generation effort by assessing the effectiveness of the introduction of vitamin A‐rich, OFSP cultivars alongside social and behavior change communication strategy and agronomic practice in improving diet quality. Cluster‐randomized control trial design was implemented on cross‐sectional data collected from project beneficiary and control households in 2017 (n = 1451) and 2019 (n = 2065). Quasi‐experimental double difference analysis is used to measure the impact of the intervention on key nutrition outcome indicators. Nutrition‐sensitive climate smart agriculture focused on OFSP cultivars with integrated nutrition behavioral change social communication and agronomic training presented significant potential to improved food security, dietary diversity, and frequency of vitamin A food‐rich intake among the rural population of southern Ethiopia. Thus, it is concluded that enhanced investment in nutrition dense agricultural commodities such as orange fleshed‐sweetpotatoes with appropriate training on both nutrition and agronomic can be effective and cheaper means to address the diet quality problem.

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Assessment of Factors Associated with Malnutrition among Under Five Years Age Children at Machakel Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia: A Case Control Study

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months in Public Hospitals, Oromia region, West Ethiopia: a case–control study

Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months in Public Hospitals, Oromia region, West Ethiopia: a case–control study

Assessment of Nutritional Status of Children Attending Paediatrics OPD of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal

Quality diets for better health: Integrated orange‐fleshed sweetpotato intervention improved dietary practice in southern Ethiopia

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