Variations between post- and pre-harvest seasons in stunting, wasting, and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices among children 6-23 months of age in lowland and midland agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia

dc.contributor.authorRoba, Kedir Teji
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Thomas P.
dc.contributor.authorBelachew, Tefera
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Nora M.
dc.contributor.funderIrish Aiden
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-07T09:59:04Z
dc.date.available2016-11-07T09:59:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-27
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Food availability and access are strongly affected by seasonality in Ethiopia. However, there are little data on seasonal variation in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices and malnutrition among 6-23 months old children in different agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia. Methods: Socio-demographic, anthropometry and IYCF indicators were assessed in post- and pre-harvest seasons among children aged 6–23 months of age randomly selected from rural villages of lowland and midland agro-ecological zones. Results: Child stunting and underweight increased from prevalence of 39.8% and 26.9% in post-harvest to 46.0% and 31.8% in pre-harvest seasons, respectively. The biggest increase in prevalence of stunting and underweight between post- and pre-harvest seasons was noted in the midland zone. Wasting decreased from 11.6% post-harvest to 8.5% pre-harvest, with the biggest decline recorded in the lowland zone. Minimum meal frequency, minimum acceptable diet and poor dietary diversity increased considerably in pre-harvest compared to post-harvest season in the lowland zone. Feeding practices and maternal age were predictors of wasting, while women’s dietary diversity and children age was predictor of child dietary diversity in both seasons. Conclusion: There is seasonal variation in malnutrition and IYCF practices among children 6-23 months of age with more pronounced effect in midland agro-ecological zone. A major contributing factor for child malnutrition may be poor feeding practices. Health information strategies focused on both IYCF practices and dietary diversity of mothers could be a sensible approach to reduce the burden of child malnutrition in rural Ethiopia.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Aid (AgriDiet)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationRoba, K.T., O’Connor, T.P., Belachew, T. and O’Brien, N.M. (2016) 'Variations between post-and pre-harvest seasons in stunting, wasting, and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices among children 6-23 months of age in lowland and midland agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia', Pan African Medical Journal, 24(163). doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.163.9387en
dc.identifier.doi10.11604/pamj.2016.24.163.9387
dc.identifier.endpage9en
dc.identifier.issn1937-8688
dc.identifier.issued163en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePan African Medical Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3246
dc.identifier.volume24en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAfrican Field Epidemiology Networken
dc.rights© 2016, Kedir Teji Roba et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en
dc.subjectIYCFen
dc.subjectLowlanden
dc.subjectMidlanden
dc.subjectSeasonen
dc.subjectDietary diversityen
dc.titleVariations between post- and pre-harvest seasons in stunting, wasting, and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices among children 6-23 months of age in lowland and midland agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopiaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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