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Gender and household structure factors associated with maternal and child undernutrition in rural communities in Ethiopia

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  • Getahun Ersino
  • Gordon A Zello
  • Carol J Henry
  • Nigatu Regassa

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Addressing maternal and child undernutrition is a priority for the National Nutrition Program of Ethiopia. In a cross-sectional design, we selected mother-child pairs (n = 630) from Halaba, south Ethiopia (n = 413, two communities) and Zeway, Oromiya region (n = 217, one community). These communities were previously included in a project to improve agricultural practices. We aimed to estimate the level of maternal and child undernutrition in the two study sites and compare findings to regional/national reports. We also examined associations with gender, household-structure and nutrition/health related variables. Households were selected using simple random sampling based on list of households obtained from local health posts. Mothers were interviewed via questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements were taken from mothers-child pairs. Maternal undernutrition (% BMI

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  • Getahun Ersino & Gordon A Zello & Carol J Henry & Nigatu Regassa, 2018. "Gender and household structure factors associated with maternal and child undernutrition in rural communities in Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0203914
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203914
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