Nutritional Status and Determinant Factors Among Under Five Children In Yeka Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Haile PhD, Abebe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kassaye, Mariye | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-24T09:42:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:44:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-24T09:42:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:44:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Malnutrition is still considered one of the major public health problems in many countries, affecting more than 30% of children under 5 years of age worldwide. The poor nutritional status of children has also been a consistent problem in Ethiopia. The main objective of the study was to assess nutritional status and identifying determinant factors among under five years children in four selected woredas of Yeka sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019. A community based cross-sectional study design was conducted on 422 under five year’s children. Anthropometric measurements of height and weight of all those children under consideration were taken to identify the severe form of malnutrition as well as the relative factors of socio-economic and demographic, child characteristics, maternal caring and characteristics and environmental health conditions. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and thereby give answers for the basic research questions, quantitative research approach had been used. Structured questionnaire and check lists were used to collect the primary source of the data. Anthropometric data were entered under the World Health Organization anthro software. Finally, the data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify the determinants of child malnutrition. In this study, the prevalence of stunting (<‐ 2SD) was 26%; whereas, 10.4% of the children were severely stunted (<‐ 3SD). The result of the study also reveals that stunting was more prevalent among 12–23 months children (31.9%), male children (34.7) than female (18.3%) and children whose mother is illiterate than educated mother. 8.4% of the children were underweight (<‐ 2SD); whereas, 1.4% of the children were severely underweight. Prevalence of underweight was higher among male (11.7%) than female (5.4%) children. According to the study, socio-economic, child characteristics, environmental health, and maternal characteristics are forefront factors for malnutrition in under five children. The two forms of malnutrition (Stunting and underweight) among under five children in the study area was very high. Sex of child, age of child, mother’s education, were significant predicators of child stunting and also sex of child and paternal occupation were determinant factors of underweight. Further in-depth studies should also be encouraged to look for improved interventions. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/21975 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nutritional status, stunting, wasting, underweight, anthropometric measurement, bivariate, Yeka sub-city. | en_US |
| dc.title | Nutritional Status and Determinant Factors Among Under Five Children In Yeka Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |