1. Key Predictors of Anemia in Under Five Children in Rural Setting of Bangladesh: A Cross Sectional Study
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Parvez Hassan, Md. Ashraful Islam, Asgor Hossain, Ashik Mosaddik, Md. ShukurAli, Sultana Naznin, Md. Moniruzzaman Mollah, and Andrew Asim Roy
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Cross-sectional study ,business.industry ,Anemia ,Public health ,medicine.disease ,Malnutrition ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Population study ,General Materials Science ,Rural area ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Breast feeding ,Wasting - Abstract
Introduction: Anemia is a substantial public health problem that happens worldwide with higher prevalence noted in children less than 5 years and rural children. The studywas aimed to explore the keypredictors of anemia of study population in rural setting of Bangladesh. Methodology & Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural Bangladesh from 1 July 2018 to December 2019. Under-five children aged six months to below sixty months were enrolled in the study. Data were collected through face-to-face interview from attending primary caregiver and from the results of laboratory tests of blood sample from target children. Data were analyzed through SPSS 23 software. Initially univariate analysis was done to identify predictors of anaemia followed by multivariate analysis to explore the key predictors through logistic regression. Results: A total data of258 under-five children aged 6-59 month were included in this study from the rural areas of Bangladesh. Among the studied children overall prevalence of anaemia was found 61.8%. The significant predictors (p
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- 2021
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