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Compliance to prenatal Iron and Folic acid supplement and associated factors among women during pregnancy in South East Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional study
Background: Nutritional anemia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women in developing country. Several studies have shown that prenatal iron and folic acid supplement for three months and more during pregnancy plays a great role in preventing maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess compliance of prenatal iron and folic acid supplement and its associated factors during Antenatal Care in Goba District South East Ethiopia. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May, 2014 in Goba District. A total of 405 mothers who give birth in the last six months were selected using systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected using pretested questionnaire by interview and then entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Both Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were carried out to see significant association. Variables with P-value less than 0.05 were considered as significant in the multivariate analysis. Results: The compliances rate to IFA supplement was found out to be 18%. Educational status of mother (AOR=0.24 (95% CI 0.63-0.97)), knowledge on anaemia (AOR =0.41 (95% CI 0.20-0.84)), knowledge on benefit of iron folic acid (AOR =0.38 (95% CI 0.20-0.77), receiving health education on Iron Folic acid supplement during prenatal visit (AOR= 4.03 (95% CI 1.4-11.5) were found to be factors associated with compliances to iron folic acid supplement.
Nutritional Status and Associated Factors of Adolescent School Girls, Goba Town, Southeast Ethiopia
Background: Despite the fact that, Having adequate information on the nutritional status of adolescent girls do have paramount importance to foster a healthy transition from childhood to adulthood and to broken the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition, in Ethiopia particularly in the study area information regarding the nutritional status of adolescents is lacking. Methods and procedure: An institution based cross sectional study design was employed. A total of 598 adolescent school girls were selected using simple random sampling methods. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. Anthropometric measurements were converted to height-for age zscores and BMI-for-age z-scores using WHO Anthroplus software. The nutritional status of the study subjects were classified as stunted (HAZ < =2SD) and thin (BAZ < −2 SDD). Data were Analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive statistics was done. Binary logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with stunting and thinness. Then the variables found significantly associated were included in multiple logistic regressions to identify the independent predictors of thinness and stunting. Finally, P value of ≤ 0.05 used to declare significance. Results: The overall prevalence of thinness and stunting among school adolescent girls was 11.9% and 20.9 % respectively. Early adolescent girls (age <=14) were 1.7 (AOR =1.7, 95% CI: 2.2 – 19.1) times more likely to become thinner as compared to late adolescent girls (age >=14). Adolescent girls whose mothers had no formal education were 9.6 (AOR=9.6 CI: 2.6-23.3), mothers who can read and write were 7.6 (AOR =7.6, 95% CI: 2.2 – 19.1) and mothers who had primary education were 5.2 (AOR= 5.2, 95%CI: 1.4 – 17.4) times more likely to be thin as compared to those mothers who had college and above education level. Adolescent girls with inadequate dietary diversity score were 2.7 (AOR =2.7, 95% CI: 1.5-5.04) time
