ArticlePublic health nutrition2019
Ethiopia's high childhood undernutrition explained: analysis of the prevalence and key correlates based on recent nationally representative data.
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- Drivers of stunting reduction in Ethiopia: a country case study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
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- Childhood undernutrition mediates the relationship between open defecation with anemia among Ethiopian children: a nationally representative cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Determinants of household-, maternal- and child-related factors associated with nutritional status among children under five in Mali: evidence from a Demographic and Health Survey, 2018.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Co-existence of maternal overweight/obesity, child undernutrition, and anaemia among mother-child pairs in Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Determinants of aggregate anthropometric failure among children under-five years in Ethiopia: Application of multilevel mixed-effects negative binomial regression modeling.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Gender-specific disaggregated analysis of childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia: evidence from 2000-2016 nationwide survey.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Determinants of diarrhoeal diseases and height-for-ageJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the contribution of child, maternal and household factors in stunting, wasting and underweight among children under 5 years in Ethiopia.
designQuantitative cross-sectional design based on nationally representative data.
settingUrban and rural areas of Ethiopia.ParticipantsYounger (0-24 months; n 4199) and older age groups (25-59 months; n 5497), giving a total of 9696 children.
resultsAmong the younger age group, 29 % were stunted, 14 % were wasted and 19 % were underweight; and among the older age group, the prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight was 47, 8 and 28 %, respectively. Being female, intake of multiple micronutrients, household having a piped source of drinking-water, high maternal BMI, higher household wealth and higher maternal education were associated with decreased odds of at least one form of undernutrition in both groups. On the other hand, children who were anaemic, had low birth weight, drank from a bottle, and children of stunted or wasted or working mothers were more likely to be stunted, wasted or underweight in both groups (P<0·05). While most predictors and/or risk factors followed a similar pattern across the two age groups, child factors had higher leverage in the younger than the older group across the three forms of undernutrition.
conclusionsMultiple set of factors predicted childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia. The study underscores the importance of intervening in the first 1000 days through promoting maternal education, maternal-child health services, mother's nutrition and improving intrahousehold food distribution.
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