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Mohammed Feyisso Shaka
DILLA UNIVERSITY
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Background: Stunting, which describes a small height for one’s age, is an indicator of chronic malnutrition. It develops mainly as a result of prolonged food deprivation or a chronic disease or illness. Unintended pregnancies and unplanned births are among the psychological factors that negatively affect the nutritional status of children. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of unintended pregnancies and other family and child characteristics on the nutritional status of children under 5 years old. Methods: A community-based unmatched case-control study was conducted among 302 children (151 cases and 151 controls) 6–59 months old in Wonago town, Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. The cases were stunted children and the controls were non-stunted children in the study area. The cases were randomly selected from among the stunted children, and the controls were randomly selected from among the non-stunted children. The descriptive characteristics of the respondents were compared using the chi-squared test, and a multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the effects of an unintended pregnancy on stunting, after controlling for the other variables, with a p value of 0.05. Results: The result revealed that unintended pregnancy is found to be among predictors of stunting where children from unintended pregnancy were about three times more likely to be stunted AOR: 2.62, CI: (1.26, 5.45). The other predictors identified in this study were educational status of the father, wealth index of the household and daily meal frequency. From the finding, children from illiterate fathers AOR: 3.43, CI: (1.04, 11.29), children from poorer household economic status AOR: 2.32, CI: (1.20, 4.49) and children whom their daily meal frequency is below the recommended number of feeding AOR: 4.50, CI: (1.31, 15.49) were found to be more stunted. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, the children born from unintended pregnancies exhibited a significantly higher risk of stunting. Therefore, preventing unintended pregnancy could play a great role in decreasing the risk of stunting in children.
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Child malnutrition, Ethiopia, Stunting, under five, pregnancy, unintended
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Mohammed Feyisso Shaka
DILLA UNIVERSITY
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Posted 12 Dec, 2019
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 31 Dec, 2019
Editor assigned
On 10 Dec, 2019
Submission checks complete
On 09 Dec, 2019
Editor invited
On 09 Dec, 2019
No comments provided
Review #2 received
Received 09 Nov, 2019
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 09 Nov, 2019
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 28 Oct, 2019
Review #1 received
Received 18 Oct, 2019
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 02 Oct, 2019
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 29 Sep, 2019
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On 05 Sep, 2019
Editor invited
On 05 Sep, 2019
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Background: Stunting, which describes a small height for one’s age, is an indicator of chronic malnutrition. It develops mainly as a result of prolonged food deprivation or a chronic disease or illness. Unintended pregnancies and unplanned births are among the psychological factors that negatively affect the nutritional status of children. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of unintended pregnancies and other family and child characteristics on the nutritional status of children under 5 years old. Methods: A community-based unmatched case-control study was conducted among 302 children (151 cases and 151 controls) 6–59 months old in Wonago town, Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. The cases were stunted children and the controls were non-stunted children in the study area. The cases were randomly selected from among the stunted children, and the controls were randomly selected from among the non-stunted children. The descriptive characteristics of the respondents were compared using the chi-squared test, and a multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the effects of an unintended pregnancy on stunting, after controlling for the other variables, with a p value of 0.05. Results: The result revealed that unintended pregnancy is found to be among predictors of stunting where children from unintended pregnancy were about three times more likely to be stunted AOR: 2.62, CI: (1.26, 5.45). The other predictors identified in this study were educational status of the father, wealth index of the household and daily meal frequency. From the finding, children from illiterate fathers AOR: 3.43, CI: (1.04, 11.29), children from poorer household economic status AOR: 2.32, CI: (1.20, 4.49) and children whom their daily meal frequency is below the recommended number of feeding AOR: 4.50, CI: (1.31, 15.49) were found to be more stunted. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, the children born from unintended pregnancies exhibited a significantly higher risk of stunting. Therefore, preventing unintended pregnancy could play a great role in decreasing the risk of stunting in children.
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