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Factors Associated with Stunting among Children Aged 0 to 59 Months in Harare City, Zimbabwe
ISSN: 1929 - 4247
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Factors Associated with Stunting among Children Aged 0 to 59 Months in Harare City, Zimbabwe
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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IAA.ZONE/192991564247
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Abstract
Background: Child malnutrition is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe and it has been one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children under five years of age in the City of Harare. Methods: An analytic cross sectional survey was conducted on 342 mothers – child pairs of children aged 0 – 59 months in Harare’s suburbs between July and August 2014.The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with the high levels of stunting among children age 0 – 59 months. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to establish the risk factors for U5 years stunting. Findings: A total of 29.2% of the children were stunted with (19.3% being moderately stunted and 9.9% severely stunted). More females (32.9%) were stunted compared to (25.9%) males. The main contributing factors for stunting among the children 0 - 59 months were found to be lack of mother’s education adjusted pOR=0.49 (95%CI: 1.04-3.27); being unemploye...
