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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Predictors of acute undernutrition among children aged 6 to 36 months in east rural Ethiopia: A community based nested case - control study
BMC Pediatrics, Volume 14, No. 1, Article 91, Year 2014
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Background: Child undernutrition is one of the major public health problems in the developing countries having a devastating effect on the lives of many children under five years of age. However, its causes are multitude and not uniformly understood enough across the various parts of the world and that a thorough understanding of these causes is required to design appropriate intervention. The objective of this study was to identify the predictors of acute child undernutrition in east rural Ethiopia.Methods: An unmatched community based nested case -control study was carried on 2199 (241 cases and 1958 controls) cohorts of children aged between 6-36 months with their respective mothers from July/August, 2010 to January/ February, 2011. The data were collected by using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and anthropometric measuring instruments which are recommended by UNICEF, after the standardization. Odds Ratio along with 95% confidence interval was estimated to identify determinants of wasting using the multivariable logistic regression.Results: Wasting was associated with poor [AOR (95% CI) = 1.49 (1.02, 2.20)] and middle [AOR (95% CI) = 1.52 (1.05, 2.20)] households' socio-economic positions individual based decision - making on the care or treatment of the ill child [AOR (95% CI) = 1.62 (1.20, 2.20)], lack of maternal access to health facility [AOR (95% CI) = 1.56 (1.14, 2.20)], narrow birth interval [AOR (95% CI) = 1.65 (1.23, 2.20)], and non - exclusive breast feeding [AOR (95% CI) = 1.43 (1.05, 1.94)].Conclusions: Wasting was significantly associated with the households' poverty, poor access to health services, lack of mutual decision - making on the care or treatment of their sick child between biological parents, closer birth interval, and poor exclusive breastfeeding practice. Thus, an organized effort should be made at all levels to improve infant and young child feeding health services, child birth spacing behavior, and exclusive breastfeeding practice of the poor rural population particularly mothers to curb the problems of child undernutrition. © 2014 Egata et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Egata, Gudina
Ethiopia, Dire Dawa
Haramaya University
Berhane, Yemane
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
Worku, Alemayehu Gebeyehu
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Statistics
Citations: 82
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2431-14-91
e-ISSN:
14712431
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Ethiopia