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Ssekandi, Nathan
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Tlotleng, Nonhlanhla
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Naicker, Nisha
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2023-11-30T12:59:45Z |
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2023-11-30T12:59:45Z |
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2023-07-18 |
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BACKGROUND : Uganda is among the 10 countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region that have the highest prevalence of diarrhoeal disease. Evidence suggests that the severity of childhood diarrhoeal disease is escalated through various sociodemographic and environmental factors.
OBJECTIVES : To assess prevalence of diarrheal illness in children below the age of 5 years in Uganda in 2016 and associated factors.
METHODS : A cross-sectional study was employed that analyzed secondary data from the 2016 Uganda Demography and Health Surveys. Children with and without diarrhea were compared. A logistic regression was used to determine sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrheal illness in children with statistical significance at p < 0.05.
RESULTS : The prevalence of childhood diarrhoeal illness for children below the age of 5 years in Uganda was 20.9% (n = 2838/13,753). There was a statistically significant difference when comparing children diarrhoeal with the following sociodemographic factors: caregiver’s age, child’s age and gender and duration of breastfeeding (p < 0.0001). Children with a caregiver aged between 15 and 24 years (aOR;1.42; 95% CI:1.24–1.62) and 25–34 years (aOR;1.19; 95% CI:1.04–1.37) were more likely to report diarrhoeal disease, compared to those with a caregiver aged 35–49 years. For environmental factors, households using springs water, access to health facility and children who received a dose of vitamin A had a decreased risk of reporting children diarrhoeal.
CONCLUSION : Significant factors in the study like caregiver’s age, gender and duration of breastfeeding will create the opportunity for all interventions to shift their focus to these factors thus a better evidence-based approach to reducing of diarrhoeal disease will be achieved in the country. |
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School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) |
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SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being |
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https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com |
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Ssekandi, N., Tlotleng, N. & Naicker, N. Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrhoeal illness in children under 5 years in Uganda, 2016: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases 23, 480 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08458-8. |
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1471-2334 (online) |
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10.1186/s12879-023-08458-8 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93574 |
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en |
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BMC |
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© The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
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Diarrhoea |
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Sociodemographic factors |
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Environmental factors |
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Children under five |
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Uganda |
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SDG-03: Good health and well-being |
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Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrhoeal illness in children under 5 years in Uganda, 2016 : a cross-sectional study |
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Article |
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