Background: Malnutrition with its constituents of protein energy malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies continues to be a major health burden in low and middle-income countries. To end all forms of malnutrition, we need to address poverty, which is associated with the insecure supply of food and diversified nutrition. The objective of this study was to determine the level of dietary diversity and household food security among urban school-age children in Merawi town, Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study was conducted with the aim of assessing mothers' level of knowledge of neonatal danger signs and its associated factors in Mekedella woreda, Northeast Ethiopia.
Study Design: This is a community-based cross-sectional study.
Methods: The study was conducted among 757 mothers who were selected by stratified simple random sampling between November 1, 2017, and December 30, 2017.
Background: Pneumonia is a significant public health problem globally. The early identification and management of the determinants of pneumonia demands clear evidence. But, there is a limited data on this issue in the current study area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In Ethiopia, morbidity and mortality due to diarrhea is significantly high. Most importantly, burden of diarrhea is disproportionately high among under-five children. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with diarrhea among children younger than 5 years old in Bahir Dar city, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2016.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among adult patients in Felege-Hiwot Comprehensive Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
Result: The prevalence of hypertension in the current study area was 27.3%.
Nurs Res Pract
September 2018
Nursing process is a framework used to provide an effective, coordinated, and organized quality care for patients. Effective implementation of this framework leads to improved quality of care and decreases potential complication, hospital length of stay, and the cost of care. To assess implementation of nursing process and its hindering factors, a quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses in Afar region hospitals from October 2016 to December 2016.
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