Undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant mothers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regardless of significant gains and signs of progress in the last decades, maternal undernutrition remains a major public health concern in Ethiopia. Supporting the progress of interventions being taken in the country with evidence might be important to keep the sustainability of the government effort. We aimed at determining the extent of undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant mothers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Method

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted by including 940 selected pregnant mothers through a cluster sampling. A face-to-face interview was administered to pregnant mothers at a household level. We collected data using an Online Data collection kit (ODK) and the collected data was directly downloaded from the

SUBMITTER: Dadi AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6476509 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature