Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Public Health Facilities of Pastoralist Community, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia: A Case Control Study
Table 2
Child feeding practice of cases and controls from Dubti District, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, January 2014 (cases: and controls: ).
Variable
Profile
Cases, (%)
Controls, (%)
BF initiation time
With in one hour
62 (44.3)
135 (48.2)
After one hour
78 (55.7)
145 (51.8)
Colostrum feeding
Yes
93 (66.4)
175 (62.5)
No
47 (33.6)
105 (37.5)
Prelacteal feed given
Yes
94 (67.1)
160 (57.1)
No
46 (32.9)
120 (42.9)
EBF for 6 months
Yes
68 (48.6)
176 (62.9)
No
72 (51.4)
104 (37.1)
Initiation of CF at 6 months
Yes
75 (53.6)
184 (65.7)
No
65 (46.4)
96 (34.3)
Ways of preparing CF
Together with adult
54 (38.6)
61 (21.8)
Separately
86 (61.4)
219 (78.2)
Frequency of CF
Once
23 (16.4)
35 (12.5)
2-3 times
88 (62.9)
158 (56.4)
4-5 times
21 (15)
58 (20.7)
More than five
8 (5.7)
29 (10.4)
Hand washing
Yes
114 (81.4)
240 (85.7)
No
26 (18.6)
40 (14.3)
Diarrhoea in the last two weeks
Yes
34 (24.3)
40 (14.3)
No
106 (75.7)
240 (85.7)
Place to treat the child
Health facility
91 (65)
249 (88.9)
Traditional healer
37 (26.4)
29 (10.4)
Do nothing
12 (8.6)
2 (0.7)
Vaccination
Yes
114 (81.4)
255 (91.1)
No
26 (18.6)
25 (8.9)
Vitamin A supplementation
Yes
51 (36.4)
205 (73.2)
No
89 (63.6)
75 (26.8)
Birth order of the child
One
9 (6.4)
89 (31.8)
2-3
57 (40.7)
146 (52.1)
4-5
51 (36.4)
39 (13.9)
≥6
23 (16.4)
6 (2.1)
BF = breast feeding; EBF = exclusive breast feeding; CF = complementary feeding.
