scholarly journals Exclusive Breast Feeding Practice and Associated Factors in Kemba Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, a Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eskezyiaw Agedew Getahun
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding

scholarly journals High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zegeye Abebe ◽  
Degefaye Zelalem Anlay ◽  
Belete Biadgo ◽  
Asemarie Kebede ◽  
Tsedalu Melku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Northwest Ethiopia ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Eating Problem ◽  
Gondar Town

Objective. To assess undernutrition and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months in Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014. Multistage sampling method was used to select study participants. Structured interviewer administered questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were used. Binary logistic regression was fitted to identify associated factors. Results. The prevalences of wasting and stunting were 6.8% and 45.7%, respectively. Higher odds of wasting were observed among children whose fathers were daily laborers (AOR = 2.63), children who had eating problem (AOR = 2.96), and those who were not exclusively breast-fed for the first six months (AOR = 5.63). Similarly, higher odds of stunting were found among female children (AOR = 1.65), children who lived in households having four to six families (AOR = 2.14), and children who did not start breast-feeding within one hour of birth (AOR = 0.67). Conclusion. Childhood undernutrition was a significant problem. Child eating problem, paternal occupation, and exclusive breast-feeding were associated with wasting, whereas family size, child sex, and breast-feeding initiation time were associated with stunting. Therefore, strengthening of early initiation and exclusive breast-feeding, promoting healthcare seeking behavior, and designing social support programme for poor family are recommended to reduce undernutrition.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Stunting and Its Associated Factors Among Children 6-59 Months of Age in Pastoralist Community, Northeast Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Awrajaw Dessie ◽  
Mulugeta Gebreayohanes
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North East

Abstract Background: Globally, stunting affects over 161 million children under the age of five, and one million deaths each year. Stunting hits hard on African and Asian children. In Ethiopia, the level of stunting is critically high and remains a major public health challenge among those under the age of five. Numerous factors such as poor maternal health and nutrition, inadequate feeding practices for infants and young children, deficiencies in micronutrients, infections and environmental health conditions are related to stunting. There is, however, dearth of evidence in Ethiopia’s pastoral populations.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 2-31 January 2018 to assess the prevalence and associated factors of stunting among children 6-59 months of age in Dubti District, Afar Region, north East Ethiopia. For this study, a total of 554 children were included, and multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data was entered in EPI-Info version 7.2 and height for age was converted to Z-score with WHO Anthro software. A binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with stunting. The significance of the associations was determined at p-value < 0.05 and the adjusted odds ratio at 95% CI was calculated to evaluate the strength of the associations.Results: The prevalence of stunting was 39.5% (95% CI: 35.4-43.5%). The odds of stunting was increased, so does age of the child increased as compared to 6-11 months of children. Initiating breast feeding after 1 hour after birth (AOR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.22, 3.23), not exclusively breast feeding for at least 6 months (AOR = 2.57; 95% CI: 1.49, 4.42), poor dietary diversity (AOR = 1.93; 95% CI: 1.03, 3.62), and using unprotected water sources for drinking (AOR = 1.68; 95% CI: 1.21, 2.94) were significant factors. Conclusion: Stunting levels in pastorals was critically high among children aged 6-59 months. The study showed that stunting was associated with different nutritional and non-nutritional factors. Intersectoral coordination is required to tackle stunting by enhancing the community's safe water supply, optimal breast feeding practice, food diversity and economic status.

scholarly journals Concordance of Mother-Child (6–23 Months) Dietary Diversity and Its Associated Factors in Kucha District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Guja ◽  
Yabsira Melaku ◽  
Eshetu Andarge
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mothers And Children

Meeting minimum standards of dietary quality in mothers and children is a challenge in many developing countries including Ethiopia. Emerging evidence suggests that maternal and child dietary diversity is associated, but little is known about the associated factors of concordance of mother-child dietary diversity in Ethiopia and none is documented in the study area. This study examines the concordance between mother-child (6–23 months) dyads dietary diversity and the associated factors in Kucha District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 791 mother-child (6–23 months) pairs from 11 selected kebeles on March 6 to April 13, 2017. Multistage cluster sampling technique was used to select the study subjects. The sampling frame was obtained from the family folder of health posts in each kebele. The mother-child pairs were selected by the simple random sampling method. The 7 food groups of the World Health Organization (WHO) for children and the 10 food groups of FANTA/FAO 2016 for mothers were used to analyze the dietary diversity. Cohen’s kappa statistics was calculated to see the strength of concordance. The multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to determine factors affecting mother-child dietary diversity concordance. A good concordance was noted between mother-child dietary diversity scores (Kappa = 0.43). Only 56 (7.1%) mothers were negative deviants, and 133 (16.8%) mothers were positive deviants in dietary diversity consumption. Rural residence (AOR = 3.49; 95% CI: 1.90–6.41), having no formal education (AOR = 1.8; 95% CI: 1.08–3.05), not owning milking cow (AOR = 1.7; 95% CI: 1.10–2.56), children with low dietary diversity (AOR = 8.23; 95% CI: 5.17–13.08), and mothers with low dietary diversity (AOR = 0.46; 95% CI: 0.29–0.74) were found to be factors associated with mother-child dietary diversity concordance. An increase in the percentage of children reaching the minimum dietary diversity was greater with a successive increase in maternal dietary diversity. Despite interesting similarities between mothers and children dietary consumption, more than three-quarters of concordants did not achieve the recommended dietary diversity score (were low concordants). Interventions targeting on rural women’s access to high school education, home-based milking cow rearing, and promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture to meet the dietary requirements of mothers and children in a sustainable manner and public health efforts to improve child nutrition may be strengthened by promoting maternal dietary diversity due to its potential effect on the entire family.

Prelacteal Feeding and Associated Factors Among Northwestern Ethiopian Women Having Children Less than Six Months Age: A Community Based Cross- Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maezu G/slassie1 ◽  
Kiflay Mulugeta ◽  
Abraha Teklay Berhe
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Prelacteal Feeding ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Timely Initiation ◽  
Factors Associated

Abstract Background: Prelacteal feeding is administration of any food or fluid other than breast milk before initiation of breast feeding. Optimal breastfeeding including discouraging prelacteal feeding could save 823,000 lives per year among children ages five years old and younger. Despite of this mothers give prelacteal feeding to their child in different part of Ethiopia; However, there is a paucity of information on prevalence of prelacteal feeding and associated factors in the study area. Thus, the current study aimed at determining of the prevalence of prelacteal feeding and associated factors among mothers of children aged less than six months in Gozamen district, East Gojjam zone, North West Ethiopia, 2019-2020Methods: A community -based cross-sectional study was conducted among 741 mothers of children aged less than six months in Gozamen district from August 2019 to Feb 2020. Stratified cluster sampling technique was used to select study participants. Data were collected by face to face interviewer-administered, pretested and semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive analysis, bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression model were employed. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to identify factors associated with prelacteal feeding.Results: In this study the prevalence of prelacteal feeding was found to be 17.1%with 95%CI [14.3, 20]. Mothers who had no ANC follow up [AOR: 7.53, CI; 3.32, 17.05], those mothers who did not discard colostrum [AOR: 0.12, CI; 0.07, 0.12] time of breast feeding initiation [AOR: 3.53, CI; 2.05, 6.11] and mothers who had single ANC visit [AOR: 2.98, CI; 1.52, 5.85] were significant independent factors associated with prelacteal feeding.Conclusion: This study concluded that prelacteal feeding was high in the study area .Therefore, in order to tackle this problem strengthening antenatal follow up, timely initiation of breastfeeding, health education and awarenes creation of the communities are recommended interventions.

scholarly journals Concordance of mother-child (6-23 month) dietary diversity and its associated factors in Kucha district, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a community- based cross- sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Guja ◽  
Yeabsira Melaku ◽  
Eshetu Andarge
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
Gamo Gofa

Abstract Background Meeting minimum standards of dietary quality in mothers and children is a challenge in many developing countries including Ethiopia. Emerging evidence suggests that maternal and child dietary diversity is associated but little is known about the associated factors of concordance of mother-child dietary diversity in Ethiopia and none is documented in the study area. This study examines the concordance between mother- child (6-23 months) dyads dietary diversity and the associated factors in Kucha district, Gamo Gofa zone, Southern Ethiopia. Methods A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 791 mother- child (6-23 months) pairs from 11 selected kebeles in March 6 to April 13, 2017. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was used to select the study subjects. The sampling frame was obtained from family folder of health posts in each kebele. The mother-child pairs were selected by simple random sampling method. The 7 food groups of World Health Organization (WHO) for children and the 10 food groups of FANTA/FAO, 2016 for mothers were used to analyze the dietary diversity. Cohen’s kappa statistics was calculated to see the strength of concordance. Multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to determine factors affecting mother-child dietary diversity concordance. Result A good concordance was noted between mother- child dietary diversity scores (Kappa = 0.43). Only 56 (7.1%) of mothers were negative deviants and 133 (16.8%) of mothers were positive deviants in dietary diversity consumption. Rural residence (AOR =3.49; 95% CI: 1.90-6.41), mothers having no formal education (AOR= 1.8; 95% CI: 1.08-3.05, mothers who did not own milking cow (AOR= 1.7; 95% CI: 1.10-2.56),children with low diversity diversity(AOR= 8.23; 95% CI: 5.17-13.08) and mothers with low dietary diversity (AOR= 0.46; 95% CI: 0.29-0.74) were found to be factors associated with mother-child dietary diversity concordance. An increase in the percentage of children reaching the minimum dietary diversity was greater with successive increase in maternal dietary diversity. Conclusion Despite, interesting similarity between mothers and children dietary consumption, more than three quarter of concordants didn’t achieve the recommended dietary diversity score (were low concordants). Interventions targeting on rural women’s access to high school education, home based milking cow rearing and promote nutrition sensitive agriculture to meet the dietary requirements of mothers and children in a sustainable manner and public health efforts to improve child nutrition may be strengthened by promoting maternal dietary diversity due to its potential effect on the entire family.

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