ArticleBMC public health2020
Uptake of routine vitamin A supplementation for children in Humbo district, southern Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional study.
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- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6-59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Methodologies to measure the coverage of vitamin A supplementation: a systematic review.Journal of nutritional science · 2021Pooled it
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- Spatial distribution and determinants of Vitamin A supplementation non-receipt among children aged 6-35 months in Ethiopia: a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Feasibility of delivering vitamin A supplementation (VAS) and deworming through routine community health services in Siaya County, Kenya: A cross-sectional study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Coverage and associated factors of vitamin-A supplementation among children aged 6-59 months in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: a community-based cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Deworming coverage and its determinants among 12-59 months old children in East Africa: A population-based study.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Suboptimal micronutrient intake among children aged 6 to 23 months in Ethiopia: Further analysis of the demographic and health survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- COVID-19 concerns among caregivers and vitamin A supplementation coverage among children aged 6-59 months in four countries in Western sub-Saharan Africa.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in West Azernet Berbere Woreda, South West Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- A multilevel analysis of factors associated with vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-35 months in Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Determinants of good vitamin A consumption in the 12 East Africa Countries using recent Demographic and health survey.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn low- and middle-income countries routine vitamin A supplementation (VAS) is a key strategy for reducing vitamin A deficiency and mortality and morbidity of preschool children. However, in Ethiopia, there is paucity of evidence regarding the level and determinants of the uptake of the supplement. This study was designed to assess the coverage and predictors of VAS among preschool children in Humbo district, Southern Ethiopia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in April 2016. A total of 840 mothers/caregivers having children 6-59 months of age were selected using multistage cluster sampling technique from six rural villages implementing routine VAS program. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaire. Possible predictors considered in the study include distance from the nearby health facility, household socio-economic status, type of the household (model vs non-model), maternal access to health education on VAS, and knowledge on vitamin A and VAS. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of uptake of VAS. The outputs are presented using adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with the respective 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsThe coverage of VAS was 75.0% (95% CI: 72.1-77.9). Better knowledge of mothers about the importance of the supplement (AOR: 1.49, 1.02-2.17), obtaining VAS related information from frontline community health workers (AOR: 1.51, 1.34-2.72) than health professionals and being from households in the "rich" wealth tertile (AOR: 1.80, 95% CI: 1.07-3.03) were positively associated with uptake VAS.
conclusionThe VAS coverage of the area was approaching the expected national target of 80%. However, the uptake can be enhanced though awareness creation and improving socio-economic status of the community.
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