Factors effecting utilization of integrated management of acute malnutrition services for children under five years in Arif health center in Mogadishu-Somalia.
Creators: name: Abdullahi, Hussein Isak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Factors effecting
utilization
integrated management
acute malnutrition
services for children under five
years in Arif health center in Mogadishu-Somalia.

description: ABSTRACT

 The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy has proven to be a cost-effective intervention to improve the quality of primary health care (PHC) service delivery in resource-limited settings. In children who are under 5 years of age, severe acute malnutrition is defined by a very low weight-for-height/weight-for-length or clinical signs of bilateral pitting oedema. Banadir, the southeastern region of Somalia that covers the city of Mogadishu, is faced the highest level of acute malnutrition among children, affecting 55% of children under the age of five.

Objectives: The general objective of this study will be Factors effecting utilization of integrated management of acute malnutrition services for children under five years in Arif health canter in Mogadishu-Somalia.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted to assess prevalence and associated Factors effecting utilization of integrated management of acute malnutrition services for children under five years in Arif health canter, 2023A sampling method of the study was simple random sampling. The reason this method was chose, it is the most appropriate method that we think is going to be easy for us in terms of cost and operation. The information was collected by responders using questionnaire form. The type of questionnaire that was take is an open questionnaire in which we present multiple choice questions.

Results: First objective was the Social factors influencing of complementary feeding among mothers found that the majority of respondents were responded that there were any food that they were avoiding due to child personal preference or due to taboo , the majority of respondents were responded that the Mother had gave her baby the vaccine. The second objective was concerned Nutrition factors influencing of complementary feeding among mothers also found the majority of respondents responded that the major signs of malnutrition in children was loss of weight ,the majority of respondents responded that they aware of good nutrition is the one of key living heath life. The third objective was concern Maternal factors influencing of complementary feeding among mothers researcher found the majority of respondents responded that they started weaning feeding practice your child after 6 months, the majority of respondents responded that they give breastfeeding their child during 3 times a day the majority of respondents responded that they believed that malnutrition is when an individual does not get enough food and the right sort of food table.

Recommendation: The researcher recommended to mothers to vaccinate their children early and to give the children protein foods, also must follow up their children’s health status to prevent malnutrition. Final recommended to mothers not to start weaning before exclusive weaning.