TY - JOUR
T1 - Stunting and Its Determinants among Adolescent Girls
T2 - Findings from the Nutrition Surveillance Project, Northwest Ethiopia
AU - Tariku, Amare
AU - Belew, Aysheshim Kassahun
AU - Gonete, Kedir Abdela
AU - Hunegnaw, Melkamu Tamir
AU - Muhammad, Esmael Ali
AU - Demissie, Getu Debalkie
AU - Biks, Gashaw Andargie
AU - Awoke, Tadesse
AU - Gelaye, Kassahun Alemu
AU - Zeleke, Ejigu Gebeye
AU - Abebe, Zegeye
AU - Gete, Azeb Atnafu
AU - Yesuf, Melkie Edris
AU - Abebe, Solomon Mekonnen
AU - Gete, Yigzaw Kebede
AU - Gelagay, Abebaw Addis
AU - Fekadu, Abel
AU - Muchie, Kindie Fentahun
AU - Wassie, Molla Mesele
N1 - Funding Information:
The study fund was obtained from the University of Gondar. The views presented in the article are of the author and not necessarily express the views of the funding organization. The University of Gondar was not involved in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, and interpretation The authors would like to thank all respondents for their willingness to participate in the study. They are also grateful to the University of Gondar and Dabat ENSSPI site for financial and material support, correspondingly.
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PY - 2019/9/3
Y1 - 2019/9/3
N2 - Under nutrition among adolescents is a major public health problem in Ethiopia and its causes are under investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of stunting and its determinants among adolescent girls in Dabat district. A total of 1556 adolescent girls were included in the study. The WHO’s Anthro-plus software was used to generate the height for age z-scores. Variables having a p-value<0.2 in the simple logistic regression were entered into multiple logistic regression and a p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. About 47.4%(95%CI; 45.0, 49.6%) of adolescent girls were stunted. Being in the early (AOR = 0.027, 95%CI: 0.08, 0.09) and middle age (AOR = 0.21, 95%CI: 0.06, 0.71) were less likely to be stunted compared with the late adolescent. The odds of stunting were found to be higher among adolescent of rural area (AOR = 1.45; 95%CI: 1.01, 2.10) and from household food in-secured (AOR = 1.33; 95%CI: 1.02, 1.73)families. Higher numbers of adolescent girls are stunted in Dabat district, suggesting severe public health importance of the problem. Age, residence and food security were associated with adolescent stunting. Thus, improving food security strategies targeting rural and food insecure households is recommended. Abbreviations: AOR= Adjusted Odd Ratio,CI= Confidence Interval, COR= Crude Odd Ratio, ENSSPI=Establishing Nutrition Surveillance System and Piloting Interventions HAZ=Height for Age, HDSS=Health and Demographic Surveillance System, HFSS=Household Food Security Status, INDEPTH=International Network of Demographic Evaluation of Population and Their Health, IQR=Inter Quartile Range, NNP=National Nutrition Program, NSHFP=National School Health and Feeding Program, SPSS=Statically Package for Social Science, WHO= World Health Organization.
AB - Under nutrition among adolescents is a major public health problem in Ethiopia and its causes are under investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of stunting and its determinants among adolescent girls in Dabat district. A total of 1556 adolescent girls were included in the study. The WHO’s Anthro-plus software was used to generate the height for age z-scores. Variables having a p-value<0.2 in the simple logistic regression were entered into multiple logistic regression and a p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. About 47.4%(95%CI; 45.0, 49.6%) of adolescent girls were stunted. Being in the early (AOR = 0.027, 95%CI: 0.08, 0.09) and middle age (AOR = 0.21, 95%CI: 0.06, 0.71) were less likely to be stunted compared with the late adolescent. The odds of stunting were found to be higher among adolescent of rural area (AOR = 1.45; 95%CI: 1.01, 2.10) and from household food in-secured (AOR = 1.33; 95%CI: 1.02, 1.73)families. Higher numbers of adolescent girls are stunted in Dabat district, suggesting severe public health importance of the problem. Age, residence and food security were associated with adolescent stunting. Thus, improving food security strategies targeting rural and food insecure households is recommended. Abbreviations: AOR= Adjusted Odd Ratio,CI= Confidence Interval, COR= Crude Odd Ratio, ENSSPI=Establishing Nutrition Surveillance System and Piloting Interventions HAZ=Height for Age, HDSS=Health and Demographic Surveillance System, HFSS=Household Food Security Status, INDEPTH=International Network of Demographic Evaluation of Population and Their Health, IQR=Inter Quartile Range, NNP=National Nutrition Program, NSHFP=National School Health and Feeding Program, SPSS=Statically Package for Social Science, WHO= World Health Organization.
KW - Adolescent girls
KW - Dabat
KW - Ethiopia
KW - stunting
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U2 - 10.1080/03670244.2019.1636793
DO - 10.1080/03670244.2019.1636793
M3 - Article
C2 - 31271301
AN - SCOPUS:85068613501
VL - 58
SP - 481
EP - 494
JO - Ecology of Food and Nutrition
JF - Ecology of Food and Nutrition
SN - 0367-0244
IS - 5
ER -