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Abstract：
Adequate nutrition is essential for early childhood to ensure healthy growth, proper organ formation, and function, a strong immune system, neurological and cognitive development. The main aim of the present study was to assess the effect of maternal employment on nutritional status among children aged 6-23 months in the town of Bale Robe, Ethiopia. A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on about 597 (293 unemployed and 304 employed) having children aged 6-23-month-old children sampled were employed with a multistage sampling technique. A face-to-face interview was conducted using a structured pretested questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, binary and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used for the statistical analysis. The magnitude of stunting (39.9 %), underweight (39⋅9 %) and wasting (22⋅2 %) was greater in 6-23-month-old children born to employed mothers than their counterparts in unemployed ones [stunted (31⋅3 %), underweight (24⋅0 %) and wasted (11⋅8 %)]. Being a girl [AOR 0⋅31; 95 % CI (0⋅17, 0⋅54)] in employed mothers and [AOR 0⋅29; 95 % CI (0⋅16, 0⋅51)] in unemployed people significantly protected stunting. This study demonstrated that the nutritional status of 6-23-month-old children is better among unemployed mothers than among employed mothers. Therefore, concerted efforts may decrease child undernutrition in a study area.
摘要：
充足的营养对幼儿来说是必不可少的，以确保健康成长，适当的器官形成，和功能，强大的免疫系统,神经和认知发展。本研究的主要目的是评估产妇就业对贝尔罗布镇6-23个月儿童营养状况的影响，埃塞俄比亚。对大约597名（293名失业和304名就业）的6-23个月大的儿童进行了基于社区的比较横断面研究，并采用了多阶段抽样技术。使用结构化的预测试问卷进行了面对面的访谈。描述性统计，采用二元和多元逻辑回归分析进行统计分析.发育迟缓的程度(39.9%)，就业母亲所生的6-23个月大的孩子的体重不足（39·9%）和消瘦（22·2%）比失业母亲的孩子大[发育不良（31·3%），体重不足(24·0%)和浪费(11·8%)]。在失业的母亲中成为女孩[AOR0·31；95％CI（0·17，0·54）]和[AOR0·29；95％CI（0·16，0·51）]显着保护了发育迟缓。这项研究表明，失业母亲中6-23个月大的儿童的营养状况要好于就业母亲。因此,在研究区域中，共同努力可能会减少儿童营养不良。
