Minimum Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Living in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites, Southern Ethiopia, 2022.
Bezawit Afework MesfinAbinet Teshome ArgawFirdawek Getahun NegashDagninet Alelign EmiruAdisalem Damtei AsereseGirum Yihun MatebePublished in: Health services research and managerial epidemiology (2023)
The MDD-W outcome in this study was higher than that in other studies. The MDD-W is associated with, ANC follow-up, meal frequency, living in a food-secured household, ownership of a house, and pregnant women's merchant occupation. For optimal pregnancy outcomes; the AMHDSS and stakeholders might need to work in collaboration to increase ANC coverage and meal frequency for pregnant women. In addition, micronutrient supplementation, and increasing the availability/production capacity of food-insecure households are expected.