EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE Research Article, 2022
Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient bre... more Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient breast feeding; and complementary feeding of diets low in energy dense foods, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients in different patterns such as underweight, stunting, wasting, marasmus and kwashiorkor [1-3].
EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE Research Article, 2022
Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient bre... more Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient breast feeding; and complementary feeding of diets low in energy dense foods, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients in different patterns such as underweight, stunting, wasting, marasmus and kwashiorkor [1-3].
Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts on... more Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts one of the highest global maternal deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts on... more Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts one of the highest global maternal deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient bre... more Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient breast feeding; and complementary feeding of diets low in energy dense foods, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients in different patterns such as underweight, stunting, wasting, marasmus and kwashiorkor [1-3].
Ethiopia has been implementing focused antenatal care package to reduce maternal and child deaths... more Ethiopia has been implementing focused antenatal care package to reduce maternal and child deaths. The quality of antenatal care service has not being resolved widely due to unstandardized measurement. Hence, this study assessed determinants of focused antenatal care service satisfaction in Public Health Facilities of West Guji Zone, Ethiopia, 2018. A facility based cross-sectional triangulated with qualitative study design was conducted and multistage sampling techniques was used to select 810 pregnant women in West Guji Zone, from February 5th to 28th, 2018. Key informants were selected purposively for in-depth interview. Internal reliability test checked and Crobach‘s alpha became 86.5%. Data was cleaned, coded, entered to EPI INFO software, and then exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Predictors in multivariate logistic regression analysis determined where p value is less than 0.05. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed and triangulated for final conclusion. The ove...
Background: Maternal handwashing practice is an important measure to prevent the spreading of chi... more Background: Maternal handwashing practice is an important measure to prevent the spreading of childhood disease. Handwashing is still being practiced to a very low extent especially at critical times since the global prevalence of handwashing with soap was estimated at 19% by a systematic review after compiling 42 studies all over the world. Objective: To assess the handwashing practice and its predictors among mothers of children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District, south Ethiopia, 2020. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a multistage sampling technique on 520 women having children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District. Data were collected by using interviewer-administered pre-tested structured questionnaires. Data were checked for completeness and entered into Epi data entry 4.6.2. The data were exported into SPSS version 22 for analysis with multivariate logistic regression analysis at P < .05. Result: Mothers wash their hands with soap and ...
In this work, the spectra of gamma rays resulting from nuclear transitions of 22Na and 137Cs are ... more In this work, the spectra of gamma rays resulting from nuclear transitions of 22Na and 137Cs are collected by means of their interaction with matter. By varying the source with fixed distance from the detector and the presence of various thicknesses of absorbers different characteristics about the isotopes can be determined. Linear attenuation coefficient (μ) of gamma rays photons of energy for 0.662, 0.511 and 1.274 MeV in zinc have been determined experimentally through photon-transmission measurement performed under narrow collimated beam counting geometry with scintillation spectrometry as a photon detector. The experimentally obtained values of linear attenuation coefficient found to be in good agreement with the WINXCOM prediction. The Half Value Layer (HVL) and Tenth Value Layer (TVL) were calculated for Zinc foil. Linear attenuation coefficient represent a subject of considerable interest and importance, since it is required in solving various problems in a radiation physics...
Background: Low dietary calcium intakes could cause harmful effects to the pregnant woman by infl... more Background: Low dietary calcium intakes could cause harmful effects to the pregnant woman by influencing pregnancy outcome. Adequate intake of dietary calcium during pregnancy reduces the risk of complications and aids in improved birth outcome. Many researchers focus on urban areas to address the issue and our study was focused on rural community. Hence the study is aimed at assessing dietary calcium intake in rural communities. Objective: To assess the dietary calcium intakes and associated factors among pregnant women in Loma, south west Ethiopia from May to July, 2019 Methods:-A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Loma district, Dawuro zone, southwest Ethiopia. Data were collected from 398 pregnant women after random selection from nine kebeles. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select study subjects. Socioeconomic and demographic, and health related data was collected using structured, interviewer administered, and pre tested questionnaire. The 24 hr dietary recall was used for three different days with seven days interval as per the recommendation. When dietary data is collected, often it was converted into nutrients, especially the calcium intake by using Ethiopian food composition table. Collected data was checked for completeness, and entered in to Epi Data version 3.02 for data clearance and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. AOR with 95% C.I results of multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the statistical significance of associations between independent and dependent variables. The level of statistical significance was declared at p <0.05. Result: The median calcium intake was 543mg per day. From 398 participants, 265(66.6%) were at risk of inadequate intake of calcium. Greater than half 249 (62.6%) respondents had practiced avoiding calcium rich food during their pregnancy. The finding of this study identified that nutritional counseling have strong statistical association with dietary calcium intake of mothers during pregnancy. The chance of dietary calcium intakes during pregnancy who were received nutritional counseling 2.4 times higher than those who were not received nutritional counseling (AOR=2.432 95% CI: 1.072-5.517). Conclusion and recommendation: From the present study, it can be concluded that, majority of pregnant mothers 265(66.6%) had a poor dietary calcium intakes during their pregnancy. It is recommended that consumption of enough calcium and dairy products should be included and emphasized in the nutrition education component of maternal health programs.
EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE Research Article, 2022
Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient bre... more Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient breast feeding; and complementary feeding of diets low in energy dense foods, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients in different patterns such as underweight, stunting, wasting, marasmus and kwashiorkor [1-3].
EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE EC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE Research Article, 2022
Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient bre... more Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient breast feeding; and complementary feeding of diets low in energy dense foods, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients in different patterns such as underweight, stunting, wasting, marasmus and kwashiorkor [1-3].
Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts on... more Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts one of the highest global maternal deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts on... more Globally, around 13.6 million maternal deaths occurred in the last 25 years. Ethiopia accounts one of the highest global maternal deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient bre... more Introduction Child under nutrition is malnutrition during fetal under nutrition; insufficient breast feeding; and complementary feeding of diets low in energy dense foods, essential fatty acids, and micronutrients in different patterns such as underweight, stunting, wasting, marasmus and kwashiorkor [1-3].
Ethiopia has been implementing focused antenatal care package to reduce maternal and child deaths... more Ethiopia has been implementing focused antenatal care package to reduce maternal and child deaths. The quality of antenatal care service has not being resolved widely due to unstandardized measurement. Hence, this study assessed determinants of focused antenatal care service satisfaction in Public Health Facilities of West Guji Zone, Ethiopia, 2018. A facility based cross-sectional triangulated with qualitative study design was conducted and multistage sampling techniques was used to select 810 pregnant women in West Guji Zone, from February 5th to 28th, 2018. Key informants were selected purposively for in-depth interview. Internal reliability test checked and Crobach‘s alpha became 86.5%. Data was cleaned, coded, entered to EPI INFO software, and then exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Predictors in multivariate logistic regression analysis determined where p value is less than 0.05. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed and triangulated for final conclusion. The ove...
Background: Maternal handwashing practice is an important measure to prevent the spreading of chi... more Background: Maternal handwashing practice is an important measure to prevent the spreading of childhood disease. Handwashing is still being practiced to a very low extent especially at critical times since the global prevalence of handwashing with soap was estimated at 19% by a systematic review after compiling 42 studies all over the world. Objective: To assess the handwashing practice and its predictors among mothers of children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District, south Ethiopia, 2020. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a multistage sampling technique on 520 women having children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District. Data were collected by using interviewer-administered pre-tested structured questionnaires. Data were checked for completeness and entered into Epi data entry 4.6.2. The data were exported into SPSS version 22 for analysis with multivariate logistic regression analysis at P < .05. Result: Mothers wash their hands with soap and ...
In this work, the spectra of gamma rays resulting from nuclear transitions of 22Na and 137Cs are ... more In this work, the spectra of gamma rays resulting from nuclear transitions of 22Na and 137Cs are collected by means of their interaction with matter. By varying the source with fixed distance from the detector and the presence of various thicknesses of absorbers different characteristics about the isotopes can be determined. Linear attenuation coefficient (μ) of gamma rays photons of energy for 0.662, 0.511 and 1.274 MeV in zinc have been determined experimentally through photon-transmission measurement performed under narrow collimated beam counting geometry with scintillation spectrometry as a photon detector. The experimentally obtained values of linear attenuation coefficient found to be in good agreement with the WINXCOM prediction. The Half Value Layer (HVL) and Tenth Value Layer (TVL) were calculated for Zinc foil. Linear attenuation coefficient represent a subject of considerable interest and importance, since it is required in solving various problems in a radiation physics...
Background: Low dietary calcium intakes could cause harmful effects to the pregnant woman by infl... more Background: Low dietary calcium intakes could cause harmful effects to the pregnant woman by influencing pregnancy outcome. Adequate intake of dietary calcium during pregnancy reduces the risk of complications and aids in improved birth outcome. Many researchers focus on urban areas to address the issue and our study was focused on rural community. Hence the study is aimed at assessing dietary calcium intake in rural communities. Objective: To assess the dietary calcium intakes and associated factors among pregnant women in Loma, south west Ethiopia from May to July, 2019 Methods:-A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Loma district, Dawuro zone, southwest Ethiopia. Data were collected from 398 pregnant women after random selection from nine kebeles. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select study subjects. Socioeconomic and demographic, and health related data was collected using structured, interviewer administered, and pre tested questionnaire. The 24 hr dietary recall was used for three different days with seven days interval as per the recommendation. When dietary data is collected, often it was converted into nutrients, especially the calcium intake by using Ethiopian food composition table. Collected data was checked for completeness, and entered in to Epi Data version 3.02 for data clearance and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. AOR with 95% C.I results of multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the statistical significance of associations between independent and dependent variables. The level of statistical significance was declared at p <0.05. Result: The median calcium intake was 543mg per day. From 398 participants, 265(66.6%) were at risk of inadequate intake of calcium. Greater than half 249 (62.6%) respondents had practiced avoiding calcium rich food during their pregnancy. The finding of this study identified that nutritional counseling have strong statistical association with dietary calcium intake of mothers during pregnancy. The chance of dietary calcium intakes during pregnancy who were received nutritional counseling 2.4 times higher than those who were not received nutritional counseling (AOR=2.432 95% CI: 1.072-5.517). Conclusion and recommendation: From the present study, it can be concluded that, majority of pregnant mothers 265(66.6%) had a poor dietary calcium intakes during their pregnancy. It is recommended that consumption of enough calcium and dairy products should be included and emphasized in the nutrition education component of maternal health programs.
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deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
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deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.
deaths, with more than 50% of births taking place at home. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine institutional delivery utilization in Waka town. Community based cross sectional study is the study design chosen. The study was conducted, on mothers having a history of at least 1 birth within the last 2 years, who were selected by a systemic random sampling (K=2), from both kebeles, which is selected by a simple random sampling from the 2 kebeles in the study area. For data collection, an interview with questionnaire containing both closed and open-ended questions, along with non-participant observation method was employed. For analysis, descriptive statistics, along with bivariate and multivariate analytical method was computed. Statistical significance was considered at p < 0.05, and the strength of statistical association was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of institutional delivery service utilization in Waka town was found to be 89.4%. Educational status, marital status, intention of the pregnancy, ANC follows up, and Knowledge of birth complications have shown significant association.