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Individual and community-level determinants of underweight among lactating mothers in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis.
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- Prevalence and correlates of underweight among lactating mothers aged 20-49 years living in the Urban Slums of Kampala City, Uganda: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Underweight Among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Transformed and Nontransformed Districts of East Gojjam, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Wealth-based inequality in underweight among Scheduled Tribe women in India: a regional analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Predictors of perinatal mortality in emerging regions of Ethiopia: Evidence from EDHS 2016.PloS one · 2025Article
- Malnutrition among lactating women in sub-Saharan Africa: an analytic review of spatial distribution, burden and determinants.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Multilevel and geographically weighted regression analysis of factors associated with full immunization among children aged 12-23 months in Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Determinants of underweight among lactating mothers in public health facilities, Siraro District, Southern Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDetermining the nutritional status of lactating women is important because underweight lactating mothers will have low energy levels and reduced cognitive abilities, which will affect the inadequate care of their young children. Thus, malnutrition is passed down from generation to generation, perpetuating the vicious cycle. There is scarce national data on determinants of underweight among lactating mothers in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aimed to identify individual and community-level determinants of underweight among lactating mothers in Ethiopia.
methodsData from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) from 2016 were used. A total of 3848 lactating mothers were included in this study, and a multilevel, multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to identify determinants of underweight among lactating mothers.
resultsThe odds of being underweight among rural lactating mothers were 65% higher (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.13, 2.41) than lactating mothers in the urban area. The odds of being underweight among lactating mothers who have toilet facilities were 33% lower (AOR = 0.67, 95%CI = 0.54, 0.83) compared with those do not have toilet facilities. Those mothers in the age group of 25-34 years and greater than 35 years had (AOR = 0.61,95%CI = 0.48, 0.79), and (AOR = 0.66, 95%CI = 0.47, 0.95) times lower chance of being underweight compared with those who had 15-24 years of age, respectively. The likelihood of being underweight among lactating mothers in high community poverty (AOR = 1.40, 95%CI = 1.08, 1.82) was higher than the lower community poverty level.
conclusionUnderweight among lactating mothers was significantly associated with individual-level (age and toilet facilities) variables and community-level (residence and community poverty). Therefore, focusing on these identified factors could improve underweight among lactating mothers in Ethiopia.
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