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Prevalence and associated factors of stunting and thinness among adolescent Somalian refugee girls living in eastern Somali refugee camps, Somali regional state, Southeast Ethiopia.

Melaku Tadege EngidawAlemayehu Digssie Gebremariam
Published in: Conflict and health (2019)
The prevalence of stunting and thinness among adolescent refugee girls was a low and moderate public health problem respectively. The stunting was significantly associated with the age and thinness was associated with the menarcheal status of the adolescent girls. So, stakeholders should enable intervention to encourage and increase the intake of calorie-dense food adapted to adolescent's girl's age and menarcheal status.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • public health
  • mental health
  • risk factors
  • randomized controlled trial
  • childhood cancer
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  • climate change
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