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Volume 2, Issue 5 (Suppl) Clin Pediatr, an open access journal
ISSN: 2572-0775 Pediatric Nursing 2017
September 04-05, 2017
September 04-05, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Pediatric Nursing & Healthcare
28th International Conference on
Stunting and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Lasta Woreda, North East Ethiopia:
A community based cross sectional study design
Azeb Atenafu, Birhanu A, Mekonen S and Abebaw D
University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Background: Stunting refers to low height-for-age as a result of chronic malnutrition. Globally, 165 million under five year’s children
were stunted annually, which was associated with 10.6 million deaths. Although stunting is increasingly being recognized as a
widespread problem, precise data on the magnitude and associated factors of stunting was not available at the study area which was
highly influenced by the local geo-cultural factor, custom and context.
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and factors associated stunting among children aged 6-59 months in Lasta
Woreda, North East Ethiopia.
Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted from March-April, 2015. A multistage sampling strategy with
simple random sampling approach was used with total sample size units of 825. Data were collected using validated questionnaire
through interviewing parents or caregivers and anthropometric measurement. EPI INFO version 7 software was used for data entry.
For Analysis SPSS version 20 statistical software was used. Principal component analysis was applied to compute wealth index.
Z-Score of the children were calculated using SMART software (ENA2011). To identify the association and significant predictors,
binary logistic regression was employed.
Results: A total of 759 study participants were included in the study giving response rate of 92%. The overall prevalence stunting
was 49.7% (95% CI: 46.1-53.3). Among this 57.7% (95% CI: 50.9-60.4) were male and 42.3% (95% CI: 36.8-47.6) were female. The
proportion of moderate and sever stunting among study population was 31.7% and 18.0% respectively. Being male AOR=1.90; (95%
CI; 1.29-2.82), increasing age (AOR=8.38; (95% CI: 3.78-15.6)), large family size (AOR=1.78; (95% CI: 1.19-2.65)), poor wealth status
(AOR=2.64; (95% CI; 1.58-4.41)), illiterate mother (AOR=4.02; (95% CI: 2.3-7.04)), leftover food (AOR=1.94; (95% CI: 1.30-2.90)),
living in rural area (AOR=2.08; (95% CI: 1.10-4.19)) and less frequency of feeding (AOR=2.13; (95% CI: 1.18-3.82)) were significantly
associated with stunting.
Conclusion: This study shows that the prevalence of stunting among children aged 6-59 months in Lasta Woreda is higher as
compared to the national figures (MEDHS, 2014). Being male, increasing age, large family size, giving leftover food, poor wealth
status, and illiterate parents were factors associated with stunting. Urgent, therapeutic and targeted supplementary feeding programs
need to be considered for chronically malnourished children in Lasta Woreda to reduce stunting. Factors associated to stunting as
identified with this study need to be considered for the intervention plan.
Biography
Azeb Atenafu has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Public Health and Sociology and Master’s degree in Public Health Nutrition and Sociology from University
of Gondar, Ethiopia. She is a Public Health Nutritionist and a Sociologist. She has published 10 papers in reputed journals and has more than six years of work
experience. She is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Nutrition at University of Gondar, Human Nutrition department and has been actively involved in
teaching, research and community services besides serving the department as the Head and participating in numerous affairs of the university at large.
Azeb Atenafu et al., Clin Pediatr 2017, 2:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2572-0775-C1-005