ArticleBMJ open2022
Seasonality and predictors of childhood stunting and wasting in drought-prone areas in Ethiopia: a cohort study.
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- A systematic review of the impact of food and nutrition programs on child nutrition and household food security in Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Association between household food insecurity and stunting in children aged 0-59 months: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Maternal knowledge, education, and attitudes as determinants in preventing stunting: A case study from a rural area in South Sumatra.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2026Article
- Joint statistical analysis of household food insecurity and child stunting in Hawassa Zuria district, Sidama region, Ethiopia.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Sedentarization and Child Health: A Case Study of the Nutritional Status of Children Under 5 Years Old in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Food system determinants of seasonal malnutrition in children under 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Seasonal prevalence of child undernutrition and its associated factors in the west Gojjam zone, Ethiopia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Seasonal variations in household food security and consumption affect women's nutritional status in rural South Ethiopia.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among children in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in the Adadle woreda of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesOver centuries, Ethiopia has experienced severe famines and periods of serious drought, and malnutrition remains a major public health problem. The aims of this study were to estimate seasonal variations in child stunting and wasting, and identify factors associated with both forms of child malnutrition in drought-prone areas.
methodsThis cohort study was conducted among a random sample of 909 children in rural southern Ethiopia. The same children were followed for 1 year (2017-2018) with quarterly repeated measurements of their outcomes: height-for-age and weight-for-height indices (Z-scores). Linear regression models were used to analyse the association between both outcomes and baseline factors (eg, household participation in a social safety net programme and water access) and some time-varying factors (eg, household food insecurity).
resultsChild wasting rates varied with seasonal household food insecurity (ᵪ
conclusionsSeasonal household food insecurity was associated with child undernutrition in rural Ethiopia. Strengthening community-based food security programmes, such as the Ethiopian social safety net programme, could help to reduce child undernutrition in drought-prone areas. Improving clean water access and sanitation could also decrease child undernutrition.
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