Prevalence and Associated Factors of Acute Lower Respiratory Infection among under Five Children, Yeka Sub City, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

Wogderes, Bashaw (2017) Prevalence and Associated Factors of Acute Lower Respiratory Infection among under Five Children, Yeka Sub City, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infections in developing countries cause considerable morbidity, hospitalization and mortality in children aged under five years. In Ethiopia acute respiratory infection is the leading causes of under-five mortality which accounts for 18% of total death among under five children. Objective:To assess risk factors associated with acute lower respiratory infection among under five children in Yeka sub city, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Methods: community based cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample size of 447. Data was collected by interview, entered to EPI data version 3.1, and was exported to SPSS version 22 for analysis. Descriptive statistics using frequencies, proportion and tables were used to present the study results. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to see association between acute lower respiratory infection and different risk factors. To evaluate the association and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval were computed. Results: The prevalence of acute lower respiratory tract infection was 4.6%. Evidence from this study also showed that house hold with window (AOR=0.2, 95% CI: 0.1-0.6, p-value=0.002) and family size of less than five children (AOR=0.1, 95% CI: 0.01-0.6, p-value=0.01) were preventive risk factors. Conclusions and recommendations: The prevalence of acute lower respiratory infection was low. This study has demonstrated that the preventive factors for acute lower respiratory infection were maternal education to primary or secondary level, household with window and less than five children in the household. These risk factors can be modified by encouraging and increasing community awareness for child spacing and increase and promote female education.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Vincent Mpoza
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2018 07:28
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2018 07:28
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6533

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