Assessment of Nutritional Status and Associated Factors in Infants Aged 6 to 23 Months in Rural Burundi — Oak Academic Publishing
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Assessment of Nutritional Status and Associated Factors in Infants Aged 6 to 23 Months in Rural Burundi
Ph.D. Student in Health Nutrition, Doctoral School, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
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Food Science and Technology Research Center (CRSTA), Department of Food Science and Technology (STA), Faculty of Agronomy and Bioengineering (FABI), University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
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Faculty of Medecine, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
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Centre Universitaire de Recherche et de Pédagogie Appliquées aux Sciences, Laboratoire de Nutrition-Phytochimie, d’Ecologie et Envi-ronnement Appliqués, Institut de Pédagogie Appliquée, Université du Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
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Center of Research in Natural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
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East African Nutritional Sciences Institute, Bujumbura, Burundi
1 Ph.D. Student in Health Nutrition, Doctoral School, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
2 Food Science and Technology Research Center (CRSTA), Department of Food Science and Technology (STA), Faculty of Agronomy and Bioengineering (FABI), University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
3 Faculty of Medecine, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
5 Centre Universitaire de Recherche et de Pédagogie Appliquées aux Sciences, Laboratoire de Nutrition-Phytochimie, d’Ecologie et Envi-ronnement Appliqués, Institut de Pédagogie Appliquée, Université du Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
6 Center of Research in Natural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi
7 East African Nutritional Sciences Institute, Bujumbura, Burundi
This study was carried out in the Health districts of Kayanza and Gahombo. Its aim was to assess the nutritional status and associated factors of infants aged between 6 and 23 months. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the health centers of the action zone during medical consultations in community medicine from 13 to 22 February 2023. For this purpose, 53.0% of a sample of 398 mothers of infants aged 6 - 23 months were male, and the most represented age group was 12 - 23 months with 53.8%. Mothers were asked about the diet of their children. All the children involved in this study were vaccinated, whereas 99.2% were given vitamin A supplements. The most frequent illnesses in this age group were acute respiratory infection (ARI) (73.4%), fever (66.6%), diarrhea (53.8%), and vomiting (40.5%). Analysis of nutritional status showed that infants had severe (8.3%) and moderate (70.4%) acute malnutrition. Factors associated with infant nutritional status comprised the occupation of mother (P = 0.009), level of education of mother (P = 0.0625), and prolonged diarrhea (P = 0.004). To remedy this problem, concrete nutritional and educational interventions are needed to promote optimal infant nutrition during the first two years of life.
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