ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2017
Determinants of stunting reduction in Ethiopia 2000 - 2011.
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- Stunting in childhood: an overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of decline.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Understanding multifactorial drivers of child stunting reduction in Exemplar countries: a mixed-methods approach.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Drivers of stunting reduction in Ethiopia: a country case study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Chronic Malnutrition Among Under Five Children of Ethiopia May Not Be Economic. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of a community-based nutrition promotion programme on child feeding and hygiene practices among caregivers in rural Eastern Ethiopia.Public health nutrition · 2017Trial
- Predicting and identifying determinants of stunting among school-aged children in Ethiopia: a machine learning approach.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploring the multifactorial predictors of stunting in children under five: A systematic review of the literature, 2015-2024.Journal of public health research · 2025Review
- Estimating double burden of malnutrition among rural and urban children in Amazonia using Bayesian latent models.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Risk factors of stunting and wasting in Somali pre-school age children: results from the 2019 Somalia micronutrient survey.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Stunting among kindergarten children in China in the context of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in child growth failure in Ethiopia: findings from the 2000 and 2016 Demographic and Health Surveys.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Childhood stunting and associated factors among irrigation and non-irrigation user northwest, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Maternal factors associated with moderate and severe stunting in Ethiopian children: analysis of some environmental factors based on 2016 demographic health survey.Nutrition journal · 2021Article
- Maternal depression is associated with child undernutrition: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Contextual Data in IPUMS DHS: Physical and Social Environment Variables linked to the Demographic and Health Surveys.Population and environment · 2020Article
- Bottlenecks and predictors of coverage and adherence outcomes for a micronutrient powder program in Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Environmental enteric dysfunction and child stunting.Nutrition reviews · 2019Review
- Predictors of stunting among children 6-59 months of age in Sodo Zuria District, South Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2019Article
- Nutrition-specific and sensitive drivers of poor child nutrition in Kilte Awlaelo-Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: implications for public health nutrition in resource-poor settings.Global health action · 2019Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of stunting in Ethiopia declined from 57% in 2000 to 44% in 2011, yet the factors producing this change are not fully understood. Data on 23,999 children 0-59 months of age from three Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 2000, 2005, and 2011 were analyzed to assess the trends in stunting prevalence, mean height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) and the associations between potential factors and HAZ. Associations were determined separately using three separate generalized linear models for children age less than 6 months, 6-23 months, and 24-59 months of age. Significant variables were then analyzed to determine if they showed an overall trend between the 2000 and 2011 surveys. In children < 6 months of age, only mother's height was both a significant predictor of HAZ and showed a progressive, albeit non-significant, increase from 2000 to 2011. In children 6-23 months of age, only mother's use of modern contraception showed substantial changes in a direction consistent with improving HAZ, but improvements in maternal nutrition status were observed from 2000 to 2005. For children 24-59 months of age a consistent and progressive change is seen in child's diarrhea, fever, mother's education, and the occurrence of open defecation. Our analysis demonstrated that factors associated with HAZ vary by child's age and the dominant livelihood practice in the community. Variables that could have contributed to the decline of stunting in Ethiopia in children less than 5 years of age include markers of child health, mother's nutritional status, mother's educational level, and environmental hygiene.
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