Assessment of Nutritional Status of under Five Children in Burayu Town, Oromia Special Zone, Ethiopia
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Background: Under nutrition is decreased subsequently in these two decays but still the major
community health problem in the world especially in developing nations like Ethiopia. In
Ethiopia child under nutrition is the common most concern of community health problems. In
Oromia region malnutrition is serious public health issues as we told above Burayu town is
vulnerable to malnutrition there is common cause of under nutrition in the study area.
Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate the assessment of nutritional status of underfive children in Burayu town to assess the malnutrition problems. Materials and methods: A
community-based cross-sectional study was employed to collect data from 202 households in six
Kebeles using structured questionnaires. Different characteristics of the households were
investigated along with and household food insecurity access scale. The data was entered into
Epi info and exported to SPSS.v.25, for descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression and
multivariate regression analysis. Anthropometric measurement of children was conducted using
WHO anthro v.3.2.2 software to generate Z-scores. Result: The result of multivariate analyses
revealed that maternal educational status, father education, monthly income, type of latrine and
household food insecurity assessment scale are significant for stunting, Monthly income and
private well significantly associated with malnutrition wasting and they‟re not get association
with underweight. The findings of this study revealed that the prevalence of stunting of children
is 13.86%, wasting 8.91% and underweight 4.95% respectively. Conclusion and
recommendation: The Prevalence of stunting and wasting among children aged 6-59 months is
relatively lower than national and regional but underweight is lower than national and regional
prevalence. Malnutrition puts important burden on under five children in Burayu town. Oromia
regional government, Burayu town administration and Burayu Health Institution and local nongovernmental organization should design effective nutritional and household food address on
household child with stunting; wasting and underweight is a vital task for the community to
reduce malnutrition.
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Nutritional status, Under-five children, Stunting, wasting, underweight and Burayu town