Magnitude of stunting and its determinant factors among children age 6-59 months at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, South Gondar zone, North central Ethiopia, 2020

Abstract

Introduction: malnutrition continues to be a significant public health and development concern not only in the developing country but also in the world. It is a serious problem because it is causing the deaths of 3.5 million children under 5 years old per- year.Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study design was employed using sample of 342 children selected through systematicsimple random sampling technique from May 1st -July30 /2020. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used.The variables which had significant association were identified on the bases of P value<0.05 and AOR 95% CI.Result: The analysis this study revealed that, 42.6% of children were stunted. The main associated factors of stunting were found to be birth order of the child, maternal occupation, frequency meal per day, mother who did not wash their hand before breastfeeding, (AOR=1.636:95%CI:1.00-2.674), children who were not vitamin A, supplemented (AOR=1.901, 95%CI: 1.162-3.109), and child whose mother were not use family planning (AOR=2.916, 95%CI: 1.064-7.989 were associated with outcome variable.Conclusion and recommendation: From the findings of this study, it is concluded that stunting is still an important problem among children aged 6-59 months. Especial attention should be given on intervention of malnutrition.