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Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in Tanzania: evidence from the 2010 cross-sectional household survey

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Title
Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among under-fives in Tanzania: evidence from the 2010 cross-sectional household survey
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BMC Pediatrics, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12887-015-0482-9
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Lulu Chirande, Deborah Charwe, Hadijah Mbwana, Rose Victor, Sabas Kimboka, Abukari Ibrahim Issaka, Surinder K. Baines, Michael J. Dibley, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho

Abstract

Stunting is one of the main public health problems in Tanzania. It is caused mainly by malnutrition among children aged less than 5 years. Identifying the determinants of stunting and severe stunting among such children would help public health planners to reshape and redesign new interventions to reduce this health hazard. This study aimed to identify factors associated with stunting and severe stunting among children aged less than five years in Tanzania. The sample is made up of 7324 children aged 0-59 months, from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys 2010. Analysis in this study was restricted to children who lived with the respondent (women aged 15-49 years). Stunting and severe stunting were examined against a set of individual-, household- and community-level factors using simple and multiple logistic regression analyses. The prevalence of stunting and severe stunting were 35.5 % [95 % Confidence interval (CI): 33.3-37.7] and 14.4 % (95 % CI: 12.9-16.1) for children aged 0-23 months and 41.6 % (95 % CI: 39.8-43.3) and 16.1 % (95 % CI: 14.8-17.5) for children aged 0-59 months, respectively. Multivariable analyses showed that the most consistent significant risk factors for stunted and severely-stunted children aged 0-23 and 0-59 months were: mothers with no schooling, male children, babies perceived to be of small or average size at birth by their mothers and unsafe sources of drinking water [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for stunted children aged 0-23 months = 1.37; 95 % CI: (1.07, 1.75)]; [AOR for severely stunted children aged 0-23 months = 1.50; 95 % CI: (1.05, 2.14)], [AOR for stunted children aged 0-59 months = 1.42; 95 % CI: (1.13, 1.79)] and [AOR for severely stunted children aged 0-59 months = 1.26; 95 % CI: (1.09, 1.46)]. Community-based interventions are needed to reduce the occurrence of stunting and severe stunting in Tanzania. These interventions should target mothers with low levels of education, male children, small- or average-size babies and households with unsafe drinking water.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Ghana 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Niger 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Madagascar 1 <1%
Unknown 960 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 149 15%
Student > Bachelor 127 13%
Lecturer 82 8%
Researcher 48 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 43 4%
Other 122 13%
Unknown 396 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 190 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 142 15%
Social Sciences 67 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 43 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 31 3%
Other 81 8%
Unknown 413 43%
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