Association Between Womens Empowerment Stuning Among Children Aged 6to59 Months From 2016 Ethiopian Demographic And Health Survey.

Backgroundrn:Stuntingispredominantlyirreversiblenutritionaldeficiencydisorderofchildren.Evidencrnes on the impact of womenempowerment to reducechild stuntingarelimitedin Ethiopia.rnObjective:Todeterminetheassociationrnbetweenwomenempowermentonstuntingamongchildrenaged6to59 months from the2016 EthiopianrnDemographicand HealthSurveydatasets.rnMethods:Thestudyused theEthiopianDemographicandHealth Survey 2016 dataset,whichisarncrosssectionalstudy.Thestudyparticipantswere currentmarriedwomenofthereproductiveage(15–rn49years)grouplivingwiththeirhusbandsorpartnerswhohavechildrenaged6-59monthsinthehouseholdrnwhowerealiveatthetimeofthesurvey.Data selectedandexportedtoSPSSversion22foranalysis. Complexrnsample binary logistic regressionanalysis was employedtodeterminetheassociationbetweenchildrenrnstunting aged 6-59 months and the predictor variables.Inaddition,multivariable logisticrnregressionmodelwas performedusing variablesthatarernsignificantatPvaluern≤.05with95%ofconfidencelevel.rnResult:The prevalence of stunting among children aged 6- 59 month with 95% confidence intervalrnwas 41%(3,318) (95%CI: 39% - 43.3%). Around 45 %( 3806) of mothers employed in the last 12 rnmonths before the survey. Among mothers who had a job, 2072(54%) had seasonal jobs and the restrn1734(45%) had jobs throughout the year. About 50.5 %( 1921)of the mothers have been not paidrnfor the job they were engaged with. Approximately 5855(69%) of mothers have had a positivernattitude towards the husband justifying hitting or beating his wife.Maternal attitude towards wifernbeating (AOR [95% CI]) = 1.057[0.889, 1.256]), decision on large household purchase (AOR [95%rnCI] = 1.001[0.807, 1.243])had no association with child stunting.In contrast, Household wealthrnindex (AOR [95% CI]) = 1.98 [1.44, 2.726]), Maternal height (AOR [95%CI] = 1.9[1.280, 2.82]), childrnsex (AOR [95% CI] = 1.255[1.077, 1.463]) were significantly associate with child stunting.rnConclusion and recommendation: The study indicated very high child stunting among childrenrnage 6-59 month. It also identified low women’s economic and socio-familial empowerment. Thus, it rnis recommended thatMinistry of Health up to local health service authority should strengthen theirrneffort on the implementation programs which aim to improve childhood undernutrition. Advocacyrnprograms should be introduced to strengthen the practice on implementation policies andrnproclamation that enshrines women’ right so as to support women empowerment and thereby improve young childhood nutrition in Ethiopia.

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