Growth monitoring service utilization and its associated factors among mothers of children less than 2 years in Muhir Aklil district, Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020.

Growth monitoring services utilization was 32.9%. Maternal empowerment on decision-making, engaging women on financial control, knowledge of mothers receiving counseling and regularly participating on community conversation were the independent factors for growth monitoring service utilization. The health extension workers should strengthen maternal empowerment and community conversation through increasing maternal awareness.