Gender and household structure factors associated with maternal and child undernutrition in rural communities in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Addressing maternal and child undernutrition is a priority for the National Nutrition Program of Ethiopia. In a cross-sectional design, we selected mother-child pairs (n = 630) from Halaba, south Ethiopia (n = 413, two communities) and Zeway, Oromiya region (n = 217, one community). These communities were previously included in a project to improve agricultural practices. We aimed to estimate the level of maternal and child undernutrition in the two study sites and compare findings to regional/national reports. We also examined associations with gender, household-structure and nutrition/health related variables. Households were selected using simple random sampling based on list of households obtained from local health posts. Mothers were interviewed via questionnaire. Anthropometric measu

SUBMITTER: Ersino G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171833 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature