DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION IN THE RURAL AREA OF KIMBIBIT WOREDA, OROMIA, ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

This study consider the determinants of child malnutrition in the rural areas of Kimbibit Woreda Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. The objective of the study were to examine the status of child malnutrition and to identify its socio-economic determinants of child malnutrition in the study area. A sample of 425 children under five years was selected from the households using the systematic sampling method. Children were selected from each kebeles by simple random sampling. The logistic regression models with corresponding 95% confidence interval were used to establish the association between the child malnutrition and explanatory variables. The analysis of this study found that there is high rate of malnutrition in the woredas and It also revealed the prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting in this study were found to be 65.65%, 48.71% and 32.71% respectively. This study also revealed that, prevalence of malnutrition was high and it was high list among the health problem in Kimbibit Woreda. The prevalence of child malnutrition of this study were higher than the regional and national figures found from EDHS, 2016 National report. The main determinants of stunting were age of child, sex of child, education of mother, family, income, shortage of food, complementary food, incidence (diarrhea, fever, cough), duration of breast feeding, immunization, ANC, source of drinking water and availability functional toilet. The main determinants of underweight were age of child, income, food shortage, complementary food, diarrhea, breast feeding, immunization status of child and ANC. The main associated factors of wasting were income, food shortage, complementary food and diarrhea. The findings show that the level of statistically significance was p<0.05.From the finding of the study, it is concluded that child malnutrition is still the problem of under five year children and so special attention must be given on intervention of child malnutrition in the study area.