Browsing by Author "Kedija Ahmed"

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    Determinants of Diarrhea Among Under-Five Children in Kenya
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-06) Kedija Ahmed; Eshetu Wencheko
    Diarrhea is defined as having loose or watery stools at least three times a day or more frequently. Diarrhea disease is the second most common cause of death for children under- five in the world and the first leading cause of death in Kenya. Every year, there are over 1.7 billion cases of diarrhea in children worldwide, and 525,000 children under the age of five died from preventable diarrheal illnesses. Descriptive statistics and multilevel binary logistic regression analysis were conducted to assess the prevalence of diarrhea and to identify factors that affect childhood diarrhea, respectively. The overall prevalence of diarrhea in Kenya was 14.80%. Multilevel binary logistic regression analysis showed that age of child, Birth order, region, residence, education level of mother, HH wealth index, number of U-5 children in the HH, mother age, media exposure and rotavirus vaccine have statistically significant associated with occurrence of diarrhea in Kenya. Government and concerned stakeholders should work for further reduction of diarrhea prevalence among under-five children in Kenya.
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    PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF AIDS ORPHANED CHILDREN: THE CASE OF SIX CHILDREN IN HARAR
    (Addis Ababa University, 2006-07) Kedija Ahmed; R. Sreevalsa kumar
    This study attempted to examine the psychosocial problems of AIDS orphaned children keeping in view the case of six orphans in Harar. Interview and focus group discu sion guides were • employed to collect data from the respondents. Data were collected from six AIDS orphaned children, their guardians and kebeles representatives who provide care and support for such children and non-orphans peers. Accordingly, the data collected from the participants were analyzed qualitatively. The result revealed that, AIDS orphaned childrenface different psychological problems before, during and after the death of their. parents. This includes grief, anger, guilty, fear, shock, shame, anxiety, depression, hopel(!ssness and lowered self-esteem. Socially, they are subjected to various problems such as, stigma, discrimination, mistreatment, self-isolation and abuse. The guardians (caregivers) also face psychosocial problems. These include, shock, anger, guilty, stigma, shame, inferiority and sociaL isolation. On the other hand, guardians (grandparents), relatives and neighbors take those orphans as a burden, and Ireat them unfairly. • Accordingly, poverty, stigma, discrimination, mistreatment by their guardians, dropping out of school are considered as causes that trigger the psychosocial problems of orphaned children by AIDS. Hence, those children take their coping mechanisms sllch as crying, praying and playing or sharing ideas with others. Finally, the study concludes that, HNIAIDS affect the entire community. Social support system may enhance the psychosocial well being of AIDS orphaned children. The provision of varioLis • social support systems to those orphans and their guardians is the best strat8gy to reduce their problems. Moreover, creating awareness among the community is a critical lIIeaSllre to defense the psychosocial problems of children orphaned by AIDS. Ultimately, the study is optimistic that, the revealations oJ. it would energize the perspective program planners to incorporate its findings in to all of their future plans aimed at the welfare of AIDS orphaned children