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Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children under five years of age attending at Guguftu health center, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia

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  • Angesom Gebreweld
  • Neima Ali
  • Radiya Ali
  • Temesgen Fisha

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Background: Anemia during childhood adversely affects mental, physical and social development of the children. This study is aimed to assess the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children less than five years of age in Guguftu, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia. Method: A cross-sectional health facility based study was conducted among 404 children aged 6 to 59 months. Systematic random sampling technique was used to include the participants. Pretested and structured questionnaires were used to collect socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the family and child. Data on nutritional status, capillary blood and stool samples were collected from each child. Multivariate logistic regression was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Result: The overall prevalence of anemia was 41.1% (95% CI;36.6% - 45.8%). Of the anemic under five children, 112 (67.5%) had mild anemia, 52(31.3%) had moderate anemia, and 2(1.2%) had severe anemia. Children who were in the age group of 6–11(AOR = 4.52; 95% CI: 1.67–12.34) and 12–23 (AOR = 2.79; 95% CI: 1.04–7.51) months, living in an urban (AOR = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.05–3.18), with no formal education mothers (AOR = 7.05; 95% CI: 2.93–17.01) and primary education mothers (AOR = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.29–8.24), with a family monthly income of

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  • Angesom Gebreweld & Neima Ali & Radiya Ali & Temesgen Fisha, 2019. "Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among children under five years of age attending at Guguftu health center, South Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0218961
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218961
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