Prevalence of Acute Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children aged 6-59 months in South Wollo Zone, East Amhara, Northeast Ethiopia: a Community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of acute malnutrition and associated factors in South Wollo zone, East Amhara, Northeast Ethiopia.

Design

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 504 children aged 6-59 months who were selected by using a multistage sampling technique. The mid-upper-arm-circumference and Z-scores for weight-for-height were used to determine the nutritional status of the participants. A semi-structured interview questionnaire was used to collect the data. Then data was entered into EpiData V.3.1 and exported to SPSS software V.25 for analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with acute malnutrition and variables with p value<0.05 were declared as statistically significant.

SUBMITTER: Mihret ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603487 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature