Prevalence Of Stunting And Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6-59 Months In Merhabete Woreda North Showa 2017

Background: - Stunting reflects chronic under nutrition during the most critical periods ofrngrowth and development in early life. Children whose height-for-age Z-score was belowrnminus two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organization referencernpopulation were considered short for their age (stunted), or chronically malnourished.rnChildren who were below minus three standard deviations were considered severely stunted.rnHeight-for-age, therefore, represents the long-term effects of malnutrition in a population andrnwas not sensitive to recent, short-term changes in dietary intake.rnObjectives: - The study was aimed to assess the magnitude of stunting and associated factorsrnamong children aged 6-59 month in Merhabeta woreda, North Shewa, Ethiopia.rnMethods: - A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 410 childrenrnaged between 6-59 months. Systematic random sampling technique was employed to selectrnstudy subject. Interviewer administered structured questionnaires was used to collect data.rnThe data was entered using EPI INFO version 3.5.1 and analysis was done by SPSS versionrn20 and ENA, 2007software for anthropometric calculation. Bivariate and multivariablernlogistic regression analysis was used. Statistical significance was declared at p

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