Stunting at birth and associated factors among newborns delivered at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stunting at birth is a chronic form of undernutrition majorly attributable to poor prenatal nutrition, which could persist in children's later life and impact their physical and cognitive health. Although multiple studies have been conducted in Ethiopia to show the magnitude of stunting and factors, all are concentrated on children aged between 6 to 59 months. Therefore, this study was done to determine the prevalence and associated factors of stunting at birth among newborns delivered at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia.

Methods

An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 26th to April 25th/2020. A systematic random sampling technique was used, to select a total of 422 newborn-mot

SUBMITTER: Gonete AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7817059 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature