Background: Under-nutrition is a fundamental factor which resulted in delayed cognitive development and underachievement of academic performance later in children's life at school. The extent of undernutrition in Ethiopia has been established well but there are insufficient evidences about its relationship with the educational achievement of school-age children. Objective : To assess the correlation of nutritional status with academic performance among public primary school children Method: -An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted over 399 primary school children in Debre-Tabor Town, Amhara Regional State North-Central Ethiopia, 2018 after selecting them with simple random sampling. The nutritional status was assessed using the anthropometric measurement of WHO 2007 reference as Height for Age Z-score (HAZ), Weight for Age Z-score (WAZ) and Body Mass Index for Age Z-score (BAZ). Academic performance was assessed by calculating two semesters of overall subjects' average score. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation test, and linear regression were used for statistical analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 and nutritional status was analyzed using WHO AnthroPlus version 1.0.4 (5-19 years). Result: -Almost half of study participants were male 209(52%), 291(73%) comes from married family, and 177(44%) were comes from family having more than five members. The mean age of the study participants were 11.85. The prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight was 22%, 32.4%, 24.3%, and 1.3% respectively. The prevalence of any form of malnutrition was 56.14% and the mean academic performance for study participants was 71.65(±12.63 SD). There was a statistically significant positive relationship between academic achievement and HAZ. Age of child and absenteeism were associated negatively while attending preschool, the type of head of the house, and having breakfast habits associated positively with the educational achievement of the study participants. Conclusion:-The prevalence of under-nutrition among study participants was high. Considering the correlation of absenteeism, skipping breakfast, having preschool education and HAZ, nutritional interventions should be considered at prenatal, infancy and preschool period to sustain positive impact and reducing negative factors. Key Terms: Nutritional status, Academic performance, primary school, child1.pediatrics 2016, 2016. 41.Lee Y, Abdul w, Manan W: Mutritional status, academic performance and parental feeding practices of primary school children in a rural district in
Background: Around 15 million live newborns are born prematurely each year around the world before 37 weeks. One cause of inadequate nursing is prematurity. The goal of this study was to find parameters linked to an insufficient volume of expressed milk among mothers of preterm and low birth weight neonates at government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: An nstitution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 124 mothers who were available in neonatal intensive care units during the study period in government hospitals that provided such units. Results: One-third of the responders (33.9%) were unable to express the necessary amount of milk. An inadequate volume of expressed breast milk was significantly associated with a baby's stable health status (AOR=0.24; CI=0.07-0.86), the fair (subcritical) health status of the baby (AOR=0.178; CI=0.04-0.76), worry about the volume of milk (AOR=7.50; CI=3.32-16.95), and worry about the baby's health status (AOR=4.63; CI=2.21-9.70). Conclusion: According to our findings, 33.9% of mothers were unable to express sufficient amounts of milk. To produce an adequate volume of expressed breast milk, health care workers must address mothers' psychological issues in the neonatal intensive care units and give all necessary care to prevent neonatal deterioration.
Background: Under-nutrition is a fundamental factor which resulted in delayed cognitive development and underachievement of academic performance later in children’s life at school. The extent of under-nutrition in Ethiopia has been established well but there are insufficient evidences about its relationship with the educational achievement of school-age children.Objective: To assess the correlation of nutritional status with academic performance among public primary school children Method: - An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted over 399 primary school children in Debre-Tabor Town, Amhara Regional State North-Central Ethiopia, 2018 after selecting them with simple random sampling. The nutritional status was assessed using the anthropometric measurement of WHO 2007 reference as Height for Age Z-score (HAZ), Weight for Age Z-score (WAZ) and Body Mass Index for Age Z-score (BAZ). Academic performance was assessed by calculating two semesters of overall subjects’ average score. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation test, and linear regression were used for statistical analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 and nutritional status was analyzed using WHO AnthroPlus version 1.0.4 (5-19 years).Result: - Almost half of study participants were male 209(52%), 291(73%) from married family, and 177(44%) were comes from family having more than five members. The mean age of the study participants were 11.85. The prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight was 22%, 32.4%, 24.3%, and 1.3% respectively. The prevalence of any form of malnutrition was 56.14% and the mean academic performance for study participants was 71.65(±12.63 SD). There was a statistically significant positive relationship between academic achievement and HAZ. Age of child and absenteeism were associated negatively while attending preschool, the type of head of the house, and having breakfast habits associated positively with the educational achievement of the study participants.Conclusion:-The prevalence of under-nutrition among study participants was high. Considering the correlation of absenteeism, skipping breakfast, having preschool education and HAZ, nutritional interventions should be considered at prenatal, infancy and preschool period to sustain positive impact and reducing negative factors.
Background: Under-nutrition is a fundamental factor which resulted in delayed cognitive development and under achievement of academic performance later in children’s life. Despite the great struggle to prevent malnutrition it is still a major global burden which mainly affects children. The extent of under-nutrition in Ethiopia has been established well but there are insufficient evidences about its relationship with educational achievement of school age children. Objective : To assess the correlation of nutritional status with academic performance among public primary school children Method: - An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted over 399 primary school children in Debre-Tabor Town, Amhara Regional State North-Central Ethiopia, 2018 after selecting them with simple random sampling. The nutritional status was assessed using anthropometric measurement of WHO 2007 reference as Height for Age Z-score (HAZ), Weight for Age Z-score (WAZ) and Body Mass Index for Age Z-score (BAZ). Academic performance was assessed by calculating two semesters overall subjects average score. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation test and linear regression were used for statistical analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 and nutritional status was analyzed using WHO AnthroPlus version 1.0.4 (5-19 years). Result: -The prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight was 22%, 32.4%, 24.3% and 1.3% respectively. The mean academic performance for study participants was 71.65(±12.63 SD). There was statistically significant positive relationship between academic achievement and HAZ. Age of child and absenteeism were associated negatively while head of house, attending preschool and breakfast habit associated positively with educational achievement of the study participants. Conclusion:- The prevalence of under-nutrition among study participants was high. Considering correlation of absenteeism, skipping breakfast, having preschool education and HAZ, nutritional interventions should be considered at prenatal, infancy and preschool period to sustain positive impact and reducing negative factors. Key Terms: Nutritional status, Academic performance, primary school, child1.
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