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Utilisation of growth monitoring and promotion services and associated factors among mothers of children younger than 2 years in Gondar Zuria District, northwest Ethiopia: a community-based, cross-sectional study.

Aysheshim Kassahun BelewNetsanet WorkuKassahun Alemu GelayeKedir Abdela GoneteMelkamu Tamir HunegnawEsmael Ali MuhammadTigist AstaleGetnet MitikeZegeye Abebe
Published in: BMJ open (2024)
Less than one in three children aged 0-23 months saw utilisation of growth monitoring and promotion services in the study setting. Birthplace, postnatal care follow-up, regular growth promotion and monitoring sessions, and wealth status were associated with utilisation of growth monitoring and promotion services. Enhancing skilled birth delivery, promoting postnatal care follow-up and expanding the availability of growth monitoring and promotion outreach sites could be useful to improve the utilisation of growth monitoring and promotion services.
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