Prevalence and determinants of acute diarrhea among children younger than five years old in Jabithennan District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Zelalem Alamrew Anteneh¹  Kassawmar Andargie²  Molalign Tarekegn³ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;Department of Public Health, GAMBY College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;Department of Research and Project Unit, Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;

关键词: Diarrheal Disease;    Jabithennan District;    Children younger than five years old;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-017-4021-5

 received in 2015-07-17, accepted in 2017-01-11,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDespite the global decline in death rates of children younger than five years old, the risk of a child dying before turning five years of age remains highest in the WHO African Region. The problem of child death in Ethiopia is worse, with an Ethiopian child being 30 times more likely to die by his/her fifth birthday than a child in Western Europe. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with diarrhea among children younger than five years old.MethodsA community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted with mothers who had children younger than five years old from April to June 2014. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select eligible women. The data were coded, entered, cleaned and analyzed with the SPSS software package, version 16.Resultshe data of 775 mothers were included in the analysis, and 21.5% of the children had diarrhea in the two weeks before the survey. The main factors affecting the occurrence of diarrhea were residence (Odds ratio (AOR) = 11.29, 95% Confidence interval (CI): 3.49-36.52), sex (AOR = 2.52, 95% CI:1.28-4.93), methods of complementary feeding (AOR = 50.88, 95% CI: 23.85- 108.54), types of water storage equipment (AOR = 19.50, 95% CI: 8.11-46.90), and cleansing materials used to wash hands (AOR = 5.53, 95% CI: 2.19-13.99).ConclusionApproximately one-fifth of the children included in the study reported diarrheal disease. Residence, sex of the child, type of water storage container, methods of complementary feeding, and cleansing materials to wash the hands were the most important variables that affected the occurrence of diarrhea in children. Therefore, families, the government and nongovernmental organizations working in the area must cooperate in interventions and prevention to minimize the risk of disease.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017