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Item The magnitude of anemia and growth status among selected public school children in a setting of mass deworming in Sululta town, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2017(Addis Ababa Universty, 2017-11) Wordofa, Moges; Tsegaye, Aster (MSc, PhD)Background: Undernutrition and anemia in children continues to be public health problem in developing countries. Large scale implementation of anthelminthics delivered through school system can significantly reduce infection and morbidity among school children with improvement in growth status and reduction in prevalence of anemia. Objective: To determine the magnitude of anemia and growth status among public school children in setting of mass deworming in Sululta town, Oromia region ,Ethiopia,2017. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June 2017 in three randomly selected public schools in Sululta town. A total of 510 students aged 5-14 years were included conveniently. Socio-economic and demographic factors as well as food frequency data were collected using structured questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements such as height and weight were carried out and analyzed using WHO Anthroplus v1.0.4. Complete blood count was performed using Sysmex KX-21N automated analyzer. Stool samples were processed using direct wet mount, formol ether concentration and Kato-katz methods. Moreover, H.Pylori stool antigen test was also performed. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21 software. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were computed to assess association between variables .The odds ratio and 95% CI were calculated to assess the strength of the association and P-value< 0.05 was considered as statistically significant Results: Among 510 study participants, 60.2% were females and 82.7% were dewormed. The magnitude of anemia was 3.7% when adjusted for altitude above sea level. 3.1% and 0.6% of participants had mild and moderate anemia respectively. The magnitude of stunting and thinness were 16.9% and 10.8%, respectively. None of socio-demographic variables of parents and children were significantly associated with anemia. As to growth status, children from small size family (≤5) were more likely to be stunted (P=0.002) compared to large size family (>5). The associations of deworming with anemia and growth status were insignificant. Conclusion: The magnitude of anemia, stunting and thinness was low. None of the variables including deworming were associated with anemia and similarly with growth status except for family size. Thus further longitudinal study should be conducted.