Undernutrition and associated factors among pregnant women in East Borena Zone, Liban District, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Undernutrition is cellular imbalance between supply of nutrients, energy and body's demand to ensure growth, maintenance, and specific function. However, there was no study conducted earlier on this topic in East Borena Zone.

Objective

To assess the prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among pregnant women in East Borena Zone, Liban District.

Method

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 420 study participants from November 20 to December 2021. The systematic sampling technique and simple random sampling methods were used to select study participants. Data were double entered into Epi-info software version 7 and SPSS version 21 software for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the characteristics of study p

SUBMITTER: Arero G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9800510 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature