ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2020
Prevalence of Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Children of 6-59 Months in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Coexisting burden of maternal and child undernutrition in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Stunting and its predictors among children aged 6-59 months in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors Among School Children in Hawella Tula Rural District, Hawassa, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Exploring the multifactorial predictors of stunting in children under five: A systematic review of the literature, 2015-2024.Journal of public health research · 2025Review
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- Epidemiology of stunting in children aged 6-59 months, an unresolved chronic nutritional problem in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
- Stunting disparities and its associated factors among preschool children of employed and unemployed mothers in Gondar City: a comparative community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Stunting among children aged 24-59 months and associations with sanitation, enteric infections, and environmental enteric dysfunction in rural northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Co-existence of overweight/obesity and stunting: it's prevalence and associated factors among under - five children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Does birth season correlate with childhood stunting? An input for astrological nutrition.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
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- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Stunting among School Age Children in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia 2021.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- Risk Factors of Stunting and Wasting among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Household Food Insecurity of Jima Geneti District, Western Oromia, Ethiopia: An Observational Study.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Article
- Factors associated with stunting among children aged 6-59 months in Bensa District, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Prevalence and determinants of concurrent wasting and stunting and other indicators of malnutrition among children 6-59 months old in Kersa, Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
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- Stunting and Associated Factors among Under-Five-Age Children in West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Article
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Abstract
Methods: The community-based cross sectional study was conducted in the Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Southern Ethiopia. The simple random sampling method was used to recruit 656 mother-child pairs. Height for age Result: The prevalence of stunting among children of 6-59 months in the study area was 47.9% (95% CI; 44.0-51.7). The likelihood of stunting was significantly higher among children who live in households with medium (AOR 2.20, 95% CI: 1.43-3.37) and poor (AOR 2.87, 95% CI: 1.72-4.81) wealth status. In addition, children who were not exclusively breast fed (AOR 1.55, 95% CI: 1.07-2.24), whose mothers had not participated in decision of major household purchases (AOR 2.27, 95% CI: 1.21-4.26), and whose mothers lacked decision on freedom of mobility (AOR 1.96, 95% CI: 1.05-3.66) were significantly stunted compared with counterparts. Conclusion: Stunting is a severe public health problem in the area. Therefore, efforts should be taken to enhance maternal empowerment, household wealth, and infant and young child feeding practice for reducing stunting among children.
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