Papers by mekonnen tegegne
Journal of Nutritional Science
Anaemia remains among the most prevalent nutritional problems among children in developing countr... more Anaemia remains among the most prevalent nutritional problems among children in developing countries. In Ethiopia, more than half of children <5 years of age are anaemic. In the early stages of life, it leads to poor cognitive performance, delay psychomotor development and decreases working capacity in later life. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of anaemia among children aged 6–23 months in the Bale zone. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 to 30 June 2021. Multistage stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 770 samples. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic, child health and feeding practices. Haemoglobin levels were estimated using a portable Hemosmart machine. Children with haemoglobin values below 11 g/dl were considered anaemic. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with anaemia....
Introduction: Diarrhea and other foodborne diseases are a major public health problem which predo... more Introduction: Diarrhea and other foodborne diseases are a major public health problem which predominantly affects infants and young children. Appropriate complementary food hygiene practice is very important to reduce the prevalence of foodborne illnesses among children. This study is aimed to assess complementary food hygiene practices among mothers of children aged 6–23 months. Methods A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Robe town. Sample of 517 mother-child pairs were selected using systematic sampling techniques. Data was collected using pre-tested and structured questionnaire. Each variable were described by using the frequency and percentage. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with complementary food hygiene practice score. Odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were used to assess level of significance. Results From a total of 508 mothers that were interviewed, 55% of them scored above the me...
Background: Despite the fact that, Having adequate information on the nutritional status of adole... more Background: Despite the fact that, Having adequate information on the nutritional status of adolescent girls do have paramount importance to foster a healthy transition from childhood to adulthood and to broken the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition, in Ethiopia particularly in the study area information regarding the nutritional status of adolescents is lacking. Methods and procedure: An institution based cross sectional study design was employed. A total of 598 adolescent school girls were selected using simple random sampling methods. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Anthropo-metric measurements were converted to height-for age z-scores and BMI-for-age zscores using WHO Anthroplus software. The nutritional status of the study subjects were classified as stunted (HAZ < =2SD) and thin (BAZ < −2 SDD). Data were Analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive statistics was done. Binary logistic regression was ...
Background: Almost all nutritional related problems are preventable by implementing infant and ch... more Background: Almost all nutritional related problems are preventable by implementing infant and child feeding strategies. The first two years of life are particularly important to reverse the nutritional problems by achieving dietary diversity feeding.This study assessed optimum dietary diversity and its associated factors among 6–23 months old children in Robe town, southeast Ethiopia. Methods: Community based cross sectional study design with simple random sampling was employed to include 517 children 6-23 months of age paired with their mothers in Robe town. Data were collected using pre-tested and structured questionnaire. Data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 and analysis was performed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive analysis was done for appropriate variables. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with optimal dietary diversity practices among children aged 6-23 months. Results: Five hundred eight samples were included in the...
Archives of Public Health
Background: Poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in the first 2 years of age are ... more Background: Poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in the first 2 years of age are among major causes of childhood malnutrition, in developing countries including Ethiopia. It results in irreversible outcomes of stunting, poor cognitive development, and significantly increases risks of many chronic and infectious diseases. This study was intended to assess factors associated with minimum meal frequency and minimum dietary diversity practice among children aged 6-23 months in the predominantly agrarian society of Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia. Methods: A community based cross sectional study was employed from January to June 2016. An interviewer administered, pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Multi-stage sampling followed by a systematic random sampling technique was used to include study subjects. Data was entered using Epi info version 3.5.3 and analyzed by SPSS version 20. In the logistic regression, both bivariate and multivariate analyses were carried out to identify factors associated with minimum meal frequency and minimum dietary diversity scores. All variables with P-values of <0.2 in the bivariate were earmarked for the multivariate analysis. Both Crude Odds Ratio (COR) and Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) were computed at 95% Confidence Interval (CI) to determine the strength of associations. In the multivariate analysis, variables at P-Values of <0.05 were considered as statistically significant with minimum meal frequency and dietary diversity practice. Result: A total of 801 infants and young children aged 6-23 months and their mothers participated in the study. The overall prevalence of minimum meal frequency and minimum dietary diversity practice was 68.4% [95% CI: 0.652, 0.716] and 28.5% [95% CI: 0.254, 0.316], respectively. Child age (AOR = 0.29; 95% CI: 0.28, 0.94) and parity of mother (AOR = 2.8; 95% CI: 1.11, 7.50) were independently associated with minimal meal frequency. On the other hand, mothers educational level (AOR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.28, 0.94), child illness in the past 1 week (AOR = 0.44; 95% CI: 0.26, 0. 73) and maternal counselling on IYCF practice during postnatal care (PNC) visits (AOR = 2.6; 95% CI: 1.59, 4.45) were factors statistically associated with dietary diversity practice in the study area.
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