Magnitude and Factors Associated With Acute Malnutrition among 6-59 Months Old Age Children Dire Dawa and Erer Towns of Eastern Ethiopia, 2021
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Medical Research - Year 2021, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Children are most vulnerable to malnutrition in developing countries because of low dietary intake, lack of appropriate care and inequitable distribution of food within the household. Both moderate and severe acute malnutrition have serious consequences including increased morbidity and mortality. Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study design was used to assess 681 children. Validated questionnaires from previous study were used to collect the data. Data were entered in to Epi-data version 3.02 and were exported to SPSS version 21.0. To identify significant factors associated with acute malnutrition, binary regression analysis was performed and a pvalue <0.05 at a 95% confidence interval was considered statistically significant. Results: The overall prevalence of general acute malnutrition among 6-59 months old age children in Dire Dawa and Erer towns was 27.3%(95% CI: 23.8-30.4). However, there were proportion differences between two towns. The prevalence of General acute malnutrition (38.3%) at Erer town was significant than Dire Dawa town (22.9%) with (p≤0.001). Age of the child, family planning use as means of birth spacing in Dire Dawa and Low dietary diversity practice and household food insecurity in Erer were factors associated with general acute malnutrition. Conclusion: There were population proportion differences between Dire Dawa and Erer towns. Both moderate acute malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition indicators are in alarming range. Different contributing factors were associated with nutritional status of 6-59 months old children in Dire Dawa and Erer towns. Promote nutritional counselling, family planning methods and waste management is important.
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Tariku Derese Asfaw*, Dilnesa Fentie, Abdulahi Aliye Abdulahi
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- EP ID EP698985
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46889/JCMR.2021.2303
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