CHILD-RELATED FACTORS AND MATERNAL-RELATED FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN TEREGO DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70572/agp.v1i10.2Keywords:
Terego district, child-related factors, acute malnutrition, anthropometric measuresAbstract
Background
Malnutrition is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity among vulnerable populations and these include children below five years of age, accessing the child-related factors with acute malnutrition is crucial in the Terego district, Therefore the study aimed to access the child-related and maternal factors associated with acute malnutrition in Terego district, Uganda.
Methodology
This study employed a cross-sectional design with quantitative data collection techniques, using a structured questionnaire. A multistage sampling technique by randomly generated numbers was used. The data was cleaned for univariate and bivariate analysis using SPSS version 26.
Results
A total of 419 children were included in the study, more than half of the children were females (54.4%) aged 37-59 months (55.3%). Of the males,32.6% experienced acute malnutrition, and 44.0% of females experienced acute malnutrition, p-value of 0.064. 94.3% of children aged 0-12 months experienced acute malnutrition, and 48.7% of children aged 23-36 months experienced acute malnutrition, p-value of <0.001. 19.2% of children aged 37-59 months experienced acute malnutrition, p-value <0.001. According to Birth order, 23.8% (41) of children with birth order 1-2 experienced acute malnutrition, and 46.6% (48) of children with birth order 3-4 experienced acute malnutrition, p-value of <0.00. 51.4% (74) of children with birth order 5+ experienced acute malnutrition, a p-value of 0.458. Additionally, 22.5% (31) of mothers aged 20-29 had children with acute malnutrition.,95% CI: 1.062-5.425, a p-value of 0.012.
Conclusion
Higher birth order is associated with increased malnutrition, due to resource dilution in larger families. Additionally, Short birth intervals are a significant risk factor for malnutrition.
Recommendation
Embracing family planning to control the birth order as well as Improving Food Security through implementing agricultural programs that enhance food production, promote crop diversification, and ensure sustainable food supplies.
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