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Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children under five years of age attending at Guguftu health center, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia
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BACKGROUND: Anemia during childhood adversely affects mental, physical and social development of the children. This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children less than five years of age in Guguftu, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia. METHOD: A cross-sectional health facility based study was conducted among 404 children aged 6 to 59 months. Systematic random sampling technique was used to include the participants. Pretested and structured questionnaires were used to collect socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the family and child. Data on nutritional status, capillary blood and stool samples were collected from each child. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals. RESULT: The overall prevalence of anemia was 41.1% (95% CI;36.6% - 45.8%). Of the anemic under five children, 112 (67.5%) had mild anemia, 52(31.3%) had moderate anemia, and 2(1.2%) had severe anemia. Children who were in the age group of 6-11(AOR = 4.52; 95% CI: 1.67-12.34) and 12-23 (AOR = 2.79; 95% CI: 1.04-7.51) months, living in an urban (AOR = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.05-3.18), with no formal education mothers (AOR = 7.05; 95% CI: 2.93-17.01) and primary education mothers (AOR = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.29-8.24), with a family monthly income of <750 ETB(AOR = 5.19; 95% CI: 1.24-21.75) and 750-1500 ETB(AOR = 5.89; 95% CI: 1.45-23.98), with early (<6 months) introduction of complementary foods (AOR = 3.53; 95% CI: 1.23-10.18), Underweight (AOR = 2.11; 95% CI: 1.21-3.69) were more likely to become anemic. CONCLUSION: This study has revealed that the prevalence of anemia in children less than five years is high and a severe public health problem in the study area. Therefore, the policymakers should make a strategy that can reduce poverty and increase the awareness of women on breastfeeding, nutrition, and other associated factors to reduce anemia.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gebreweld, A., Ali, N., Ali, R., & Fisha, T.
- Affiliations
- Wollo University (ET)
- Corresponding author
- Gebreweld, Angesom
- ORCID
- Gebreweld, Angesom
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2019-07-05
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- e0218961
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6611584
- OpenAlex
- W2953963245
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 9
- FWCI
- 9.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
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- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Public Health and Nutrition
- Keywords
- childhood anemia, children under five, anemia prevalence, risk factors, maternal education, maternal employment, household income, complementary feeding, anemia severity, deworming coverage, deworming frequency, deworming treatment, deworming side effects
- MeSH terms
- Anemia, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Ethiopia, Humans, Infant, Nutritional Status, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Prevalence, Risk Assessment
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