A Stepwise Regression Analysis on Under-Five Diarrhoael Morbidity Prevalence in Nekemte Town; Western Ethiopia: Maternal Care Giving And Hygiene Behavioral Determinants
East Afr. j. health sci. (Online)
; 5(3): 193-198, 2008.
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in English
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| ID: biblio-1261443
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Objective:
Various studies have addressed the relationship between maternal care giving behaviours including hygiene behaviours and the occurrence of diarrhoea in children. However; very few studies have done in Ethiopia in general and none exist in Nekemte town; western Ethiopia. Therefore; the present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of under-five diarrhoea morbidity in relation to mothers/care takers behaviours including hygiene behavioural determinants.Methods:
Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Nekemte town; western Ethiopia from October 15- November 26; 2007. 477 mothers/ care takers of index under-five children living in the households selected randomly from sub cities in the town formed the study population. Structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were entered into a computer; edited and analyzed using SPSS for windows version 12.01. Stepwise logistic regression model was used to calculate the Odds ratios and 95confidence interval for the different risk factors was considered.Results:
From 477; 461 were participated in the study giving a response rate of 96.6The mean ages of the respondents and the index children were about 32.4 (+8.8 SD) years and 25.27(+15.16 SD) months respectively. Diarrhoea morbidity prevalence over a period of two weeks preceding the study was about 28.9. Although several maternal cares giving and hygiene-related risk factors showed significant association with diarrhoea morbidity on bivariate analysis; the use of cover material during drinking water transportation; faeces seen around the pit-hole and bottle feeding were the only significant variables on multivariate analysis.Conclusion:
As diarrhoea morbidity was major problem among under-five children in Nekemte town; appropriate intervention programmes should be formulated focused on identified risk factors
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Hygiene
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Morbidity
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Diarrhea
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Maternal Welfare
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
East Afr. j. health sci. (Online)
Year:
2008
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Article
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