Gebremichael, Bereket (BSc, MSc)Beletew, Biruk2018-10-312023-11-052018-10-312023-11-052018-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/13529Background-The first 1000 days: the period from the start of a mother‟s pregnancy through her child‟s second birthday, is a critical window period. It is a time that the child‟s brain and body - develops rapidly. If children do not get the right nutrients during this period, the damage is often irreversible. An essential nutrition action is one of the most effective preventive actions for reducing nutrition related morbidity and mortality among young children. Nonetheless there is limited evidence regarding it. Objective-The main aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of key essential nutrition action messages and associated factors among mothers of children birth – 24 month in Wereilu Wereda, South Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia. Methods - A community based cross-sectional study design was conducted on 563 mothers of children from birth up to 24 month in Wereilu Wereda from April 1–15, 2018. Multi stage sampling technique was employed. Structured, adapted and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the data through interviewing technique. The data was entered by using EPI-data Version 4.2 and exported to SPSS version 24.0 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression was carried out to asses‟ assosation between outcome and predictor variables. Result: The prevalence of good knowledge, attitude and practice were 365(66.4%), 379(68.9%) and 256(46.5%) respectively. Independent predictors of good practice were: educational status of the mother and the father, monthly income, parity, place of birth, PNC follw-up, level of knowledge and level of attitude. Attitude were significantly affected by sex of the child, place of birth, ANC follow-up, PNC and level of knowledge.Knowledge were significantly associated with educational status of the mother, residence, ANC, PNC and nutrition information. Conclusion and Recommendations: The practices of key ENA messages in the study area were found to be low; the knowledge and attitude were relatively higher than their practice. So it is better to improve access to information to the community on key ENA messages through trained health workers coupled with Medias.en-USEssential Nutrition Actions, Practice, Attitude, Knowledge, Wereilu, EthiopiaThesis