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Child development and nutritional status in 12-59 months of age in resource limited setting of Ethiopia
No full textEarly years of life are period of maximal growth and development of human brain. Development of young child is influenced by biological endowment and health of child, nutritional status of child, relationships with primary caregivers, family, and support systems in the community. This study was aimed to assess childhood development in relation to their nutritional status.Community-based cross-sectional study was employed. Multi-stage systematic random sampling technique was used to select 626 children aged 12-59 months with mother/caregivers' pairs in Wolaita district in 2015. Child development assessment was done using third edition of age and stage questionnaire. Height and weight were measured by trained data collectors then the WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 software was used to convert nutritional data indices. Data were entered into Epi-info version 3.3.5 and was exported and analyzed using STATA version 14. Correlation and multiple logistic regression were used.High risk of developmental problem in children were 19.0% with 95% CI (16.06%, 22.3%), and it is expressed as communication 5.8%, gross motor 6.1%, fine motor 4.0%, personal social 8.8%, and problem solving 4.1%. One-third (34.1%) of the study participants were stunted while 6.9% and 11.9% of them were wasted and underweight respectively. Weight-for-age (WAZ) and height-for-age positively correlated with all five domains of development, i.e., with communication, gross motor, fine motor, personal social, and problem solving (r = 0.1 - 0.23; p < 0.0001, and r = 0.131 - 0.249; p < 0.0001) respectively.Overall child development was directly related with nutritional status. So, available resources should be offered to decrease children undernutrition. Further assessment on childhood development of children is necessary
Level of undernutrition and its determinants among children aged 12–59 months in Wolaita District, Ethiopia
No full textBackground: Undernutrition remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the world particularly in developing countries. The present study aimed to assess the magnitude and associated factors of undernutrition among children aged 12– 59 months. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Wolaita district from May to June 2015. Multi-stage stratified systematic random sampling procedure was used. Data were collected using a pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire from 626 children aged 12– 59 months. Height and weight were measured by trained data collectors and WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 software was used. Data were entered into Epi Info version 3.3.5 and were exported and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Multivariable logistic regression model with a step-wise method was used to determine the predictors of undernutrition. Results: One third (34.1%; 95% CI 30.4– 37.9%) of children were stunted while 6.9% and 11.9% of them were wasted and underweight, respectively, based on WHO Z scor
Child development and nutritional status in 12\u201359 months of age in resource limited setting of Ethiopia
No full textBackground: Early years of life are period of maximal growth and
development of human brain. Development of young child is influenced by
biological endowment and health of child, nutritional status of child,
relationships with primary caregivers, family, and support systems in
the community. This study was aimed to assess childhood development in
relation to their nutritional status. Method: Community-based
cross-sectional study was employed. Multi\u2013stage systematic random
sampling technique was used to select 626 children aged 12-59 months
with mother/caregivers\u2019 pairs in Wolaita district in 2015. Child
development assessment was done using third edition of age and stage
questionnaire. Height and weight were measured by trained data
collectors then the WHO Anthro version 3.2.2 software was used to
convert nutritional data indices. Data were entered into Epi-info
version 3.3.5 and was exported and analyzed using STATA version 14.
Correlation and multiple logistic regression were used. Result: High
risk of developmental problem in children were 19.0% with 95% CI
(16.06%, 22.3%), and it is expressed as communication 5.8%, gross motor
6.1%, fine motor 4.0%, personal social 8.8%, and problem solving 4.1%.
One-third (34.1%) of the study participants were stunted while 6.9% and
11.9% of them were wasted and underweight respectively. Weight-for-age
(WAZ) and height-for-age positively correlated with all five domains of
development, i.e., with communication, gross motor, fine motor,
personal social, and problem solving (r = 0.1 12 0.23; p <
0.0001, and r = 0.131 12 0.249; p < 0.0001) respectively.
Conclusion and recommendation: Overall child development was directly
related with nutritional status. So, available resources should be
offered to decrease children undernutrition. Further assessment on
childhood development of children is necessar
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Meal frequency and dietary diversity feeding practices among children 6\u201323 months of age in Wolaita Sodo town, Southern Ethiopia
Get PDFBackground: Child feeding practices are multidimensional, and they
change rapidly within short age intervals. Suboptimal complementary
feeding practices contribute to a rapid increase in the prevalence of
undernutrition in children in the age of 6\u201323 months. Information
on child feeding practices among urban resident is limited in Ethiopia.
The aim was to measure minimum meal frequency and dietary diversity and
associated factors among children 6\u201323 months of age in Wolaita
Sodo, Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was
carried out to select 623 mothers/caregivers with 6\u201323 months of
children reside in Wolaita Sodo town using systematic sampling from
March 02 to 20, 2015. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was
used to gather information on socio-demographic, child feeding
practices and health-related characteristics. Data were entered to
Epi-Data version 3.02 and transported to SPSS version 21 for further
analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to see the association
between the outcome variables and explanatory variables, and
multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify independent
predictors of minimum dietary diversity and meal frequency. Results:
The study revealed that the percentage of 6\u201323 months of children
who meet the recommended level of minimum dietary diversity and meal
frequency were 27.3 and 68.9%, respectively. Mothers/caregivers who
were housewives and government employees feed their children more
diversified foods as compared to mothers who were private workers. As
compared to children 17\u201323 months of age, children in the age
group of 6\u20138 and 9\u201311 months had better probability to meet
minimum dietary diversity. Government-employed and illiterate mothers
were less likely to feed their children to fulfil the minimum
requirement of meal frequency. Children in the age of 9\u201311 months
were also less likely to be fed frequently. Conclusions: Even though
the study showed better progress as compared to the national prevalence
of complementary feeding practices, child feeding practices in the
study area were inadequate and not achieving WHO infant and young child
feeding recommendations. Strengthening the available strategies and
creating new intervention measures to improve socioeconomic status,
maternal literacy and occupation opportunity for better practices of
child feedings are compulsory actions for the government and
policymakers
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