| dc.creator |
Katengu, Sifaeli |
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| dc.date |
2016-10-18T09:45:30Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-10-18T09:45:30Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-07 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2019-12-06T12:04:14Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2019-12-06T12:04:14Z |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/941 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14977 |
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| dc.description |
Background: Infants are among of vulnerable population for malnutrition and poor growth. Malnutrition is associated with high prevalence of morbidity and mortality especially, in low and mid-income countries.
Objectives: The objective of the proposed study is to determine prevalence and factors influencing growth pattern among infants attending routine clinic visits in Majengo health Centre.
Methodology: This will be a cross-sectional study conducted from April to June among children below one year of age attending routine clinic visits at Majengo health center. Convenience method of sampling will be used to recruit study participant. Questionnaires and reproductive child health cards will be used to get key information during face to face interview. Data will be entered and analyzed via SPSS version 22.
Results: A total of 230 infants were enrolled. Majority being female 53% with the median age of 10 months. The prevalence of underweight was 23.9%. infants breast fed within 12 hours after delivery were significantly less likely to be underweight or with poor growth pattern (OR 0.19, 95% CI 0.08-0.49).
Conclusion: In this study underweight in infants was common through the first year of life this was associated with early infant feeding practices. This suggests that interventions should be done to these maternal behaviours so as to decrease the impact of underweight that affect the growth pattern among infants. However, interventions should target at improving maternal nutritional status during pregnancy so as to reduce underweight by increasing birthweight and improving quantity and quality of breast milk. All this will influence growth pattern among infants positively. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.subject |
Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE |
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| dc.title |
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERWEIGHT AMONG INFANTS ATTENDING ROUTINE CLINIC VISITS AT MAJENGO HEALTH CENTER, KILIMANJARO REGION, NORTHERN TANZANIA. |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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