ArticleBMC pediatrics2022
Assessing the potential determinants of national vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-35 months in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey.
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- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated factors among Ethiopian children under five years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6-59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Determinants and socioeconomic inequalities in vitamin A-rich food consumption among children aged 6-23 months in Somalia: a multilevel analysis of the 2020 Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS).Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Complicated appendicitis and associated risk factors among children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Modeling the Contribution of Multiple Micronutrient Fortification of Salt to Daily Nutrient Intake Among the Ethiopian Population.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated factors for children aged 6 to 59 months in integrated and campaign-based delivery systems in four sub-Saharan African countries.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Employing advanced supervised machine learning approaches for predicting micronutrient intake status among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Suboptimal micronutrient intake among children aged 6 to 23 months in Ethiopia: Further analysis of the demographic and health survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- Coverage and associated factors of vitamin-A supplementation among children aged 6-59 months in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: a community-based cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in West Azernet Berbere Woreda, South West Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- A multilevel analysis of factors associated with vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-35 months in Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundVitamin A is a nutrient that is required in a small amount for normal visual system function, growth and development, epithelia's cellular integrity, immune function, and reproduction. Vitamin A has a significant and clinically important effect since it has been associated with a reduction in all-cause and diarrhea mortality. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with national vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-35 months.
methodThe data for this study was extracted from the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey. A total weighted sample of 2242 women with children aged 6-35 months was included in the study. The analysis was performed using Stata version 14.2 software. Applying sampling weight for descriptive statistics and complex sample design for inferential statistics, a manual backward stepwise elimination approach was applied. Finally, statistical significance declared at the level of p value < 0.05.
resultThe overall coverage of vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-35 months for the survey included was 44.4 95% CI (40.15, 48.74). In the multivariable analysis, mothers who had four or more antenatal visits [AOR = 2.02 (95% CI: 1.34, 3.04)] were two times more likely to receive vitamin A capsules for their children than mothers who had no antenatal visits. Children from middle-wealth quintiles had higher odds of receiving vitamin A capsules in comparison to children from the poorest wealth quintile [AOR = 1.77 (95% CI: 1.14, 2.73)]. Older children had higher odds of receiving vitamin A capsules than the youngest ones. Other factors that were associated with vitamin A supplementation were mode of delivery and region.
conclusionThe coverage of vitamin A supplementation in Ethiopia remains low and it is strongly associated with antenatal visit, household wealth index and age of child. Expanding maternal health services like antenatal care visits should be prioritized.
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