Magnitude of stunting and its associated factor among project children aged 6-59 months at Mecha district, Northwest  Ethiopia

Tsega, Mekonnen (BSC)

dc.contributor.author	Tsega, Mekonnen (BSC)
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-17T07:52:07Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-17T07:52:07Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8510
dc.description.abstract	Introduction: Malnutrition continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries. It is the most important risk factor for the burden of diseases. In Ethiopia, child malnutrition is one of the most serious public health problems. High malnutrition in the country poses a significant obstacle to achieving better child health outcomes. Objective: To assess magnitude of stunting and its associated factors with in children aged 6-59 months at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014 Methods: A community based cross sectional study will be conducted on 605 children aged 6-59 months from July1-20 /2014 Mecha district. Multistage sampling method will be used to select households. Children will be selected from each kebeles by simple random sampling. Anthropometric measurements and structured questioners will be used. Data will be processed using EPi-info soft ware and exported to SPSS for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions will be used to identify associated factors of stunting. Period February/ 2014-January /2015 Total budget: The total cost of the research project 28,774.9 Ethiopian bir	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	public Health	en_US
dc.title	Magnitude of stunting and its associated factor among project children aged 6-59 months at Mecha district, Northwest Ethiopia	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US