Factors associated with childhood underweight among orphaned preschool children: A community-based analytical cross-sectional study in Southern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood underweight is one of the major public health problems in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, most of the available evidence is related to the general community children, which had different risk and severity levels than orphan children. Even though under-five orphan children have a higher risk of being underweight, they are the most neglected population.

Objective

The study aims to determine the prevalence and factors associated with childhood underweight among orphaned preschool children in Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A community-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among 367 orphans. The burden of childhood underweight was assessed using World Health Organization standard cutoff points below -2 SD using z-scores. All variables with a p-value

SUBMITTER: Tesfaye A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640312 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature