Magnitude of Under Nutrition and Associated Factors Among Adolescent Street Children at Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia

Background: Undernutrition is the major health problem in developing countries especially among underprivileged populations. In Ethiopia there is no clear information regarding the magnitude and forms of undernutrition and their associated factors among adolescent street children. This study assesse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nutrition and dietary supplements 2020-02, Vol.12, p.31-39
Hauptverfasser: Daba, Derese Bekele, Shaweno, Tamrat, Belete, Kefyalew Taye, Workicho, Abdulhalik
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Undernutrition is the major health problem in developing countries especially among underprivileged populations. In Ethiopia there is no clear information regarding the magnitude and forms of undernutrition and their associated factors among adolescent street children. This study assessed the magnitude of undernutrition and its associated factors among adolescent street children at Jimma town from March 1-31, 2019. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 312 street children. Pretested self-administered structured questions were used for data collection. Data were entered to EpiData version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 20 for statistical analysis. WHO AnthroPlus software version 1.0.4 was used for computing standardized indicators of nutritional status. Independent variables with P-value [less than or equal to]0.25 in bivariate analysis were included in multivariable logistic regression and variables with P-value
ISSN:1179-1489
1179-1489
DOI:10.2147/NDS.S233393