Background
Dietary diversity can indicate child's health and optimum growth.
Objective
To analyze the trends and determinants of minimum dietary diversity (MDD) among children aged 6 to 59 months in Ethiopia.
Methods
Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) data of three consecutive years (2005, 2011 and 2016) were analyzed. A total of N = 2,396 (2005), N = 3,385 (2011) and N = 3,723 (2016) children aged 6 to 59 months were included to measure the trend and to identify the determinants of MDD. The association between the study factors and MDD were investigated using multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results
The proportion of children who fulfilled the MDD has decreased from 2.46% in 2005 to 1.57% in 2011, but sharply improved to 7.82% in 2016. Adjusted regression analysis revealed that mothers’ media exposure, particularly watching television, maternal education and household wealth were more likely to provide diversified diet to their children across the three EDHS.
Conclusions
A decrease in minimum dietary diversity was observed from the year 2005 to 2011, after which a sharp increase was noted in 2016. In all the three EDHSs, media exposure, maternal education and household wealth were the consistent factors positively affecting the improvement of dietary diversity among children aged 6 to 59 months. Pertinent devotion should be given to improve access to media exposure, education and antenatal care visit in future intervention programs.
A large number of mothers die from pregnancy complications and childbirth worldwide and Sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia accounts for the third. Although several studies were done on birth preparedness and complication readiness in different parts, there is limited information in the current study setting. Hence, the aim of the current study was to assess birth preparedness and complication readiness practices and determinants among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Sibu Sire District, East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia. Accordingly, a facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 398 women attending ANC. Data were collected through an interviewer applied structured questionnaire. Data were entered into EPI-INFO version 7 and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. After the descriptive statistics, bivariate and multiple variable regression were carried out using the odds ratio and its 95% confidence interval at p<0.05. The response rate was 100% and the magnitude of BPCR among pregnant women in the study setting was 30.2%. Educated elementary, achieved secondary and above, history of live-birth, history of stillbirth, ANC four & above visits, knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy, awareness of BPCR, and knowledge of birth preparedness were significantly associated with
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