International Journal of General Medicine
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Undernutrition and associated factors among 24–36-month-old children in slum areas of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: International Journal of General Medicine 9 March 2017 Number of times this article has been viewed
Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew 1 Dagninet Derebe Abie 2 1 Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, 2Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Background: This study aimed to assess undernutrition and associated factors among 24–36-month-old children in the slum areas of Bahir Dar city. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 480 children from May 1 to 26, 2015. The simple random sampling technique was used to select respondents. Data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20 was used for analysis. The prevalence of undernutrition was computed. Binary and multivariable logistic regression analyses were also carried out to identify the association between the independent and dependent variables and the predictors of undernutrition, respectively. A P-value
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Undernutrition and associated factors among 24–36-month-old children in slum areas of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: International Journal of General Medicine 9 March 2017 Number of times this article has been viewed
Yeshalem Mulugeta Demilew 1 Dagninet Derebe Abie 2 1 Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, 2Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Background: This study aimed to assess undernutrition and associated factors among 24–36-month-old children in the slum areas of Bahir Dar city. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 480 children from May 1 to 26, 2015. The simple random sampling technique was used to select respondents. Data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20 was used for analysis. The prevalence of undernutrition was computed. Binary and multivariable logistic regression analyses were also carried out to identify the association between the independent and dependent variables and the predictors of undernutrition, respectively. A P-value
