• Dejen Getaneh Feleke, Ermias Sisay Chanie, Gashaw Mehiret Wubet, Abrham Tsedalu Amare, Agimasie Tigabu Demelash, Aragaw Tesfaw Desale, Reta Dewau Yimer, and Ayechew Ademas Tesema.
• Department of Pediatrics and Child Health nursing, college of Health Sciences Debre Tabor University, P.O. Box 272, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
• Afr Health Sci. 2023 Dec 1; 23 (4): 508523508-523.

Introductionmalnutrition continues to be a significant public health and development concern not only in the developing country but also in the world. It is a serious problem because it is causing the deaths of 3.5 million children under 5 years old per- year.MethodsInstitution based cross-sectional study design was employed using sample of 342 children selected through systematic simple random sampling technique from May 1st -July30 /2020. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used. The variables which had significant association were identified on the bases of P value<0.05 and AOR 95% CI.ResultThe analysis this study revealed that, 42.6% of children were stunted. The main associated factors of stunting were found to be birth order of the child, maternal occupation, frequency meal per day, mother who did not wash their hand before breastfeeding, (AOR=1.636:95%CI:1.00-2.674), children who were not vitamin A, supplemented (AOR=1.901, 95%CI: 1.162-3.109), and child whose mother were not use family planning (AOR=2.916, 95%CI: 1.064-7.989 were associated with outcome variable.Conclusion And RecommendationFrom the findings of this study, it is concluded that stunting is still an important problem among children aged 6-59 months. Especial attention should be given on intervention of malnutrition.© 2023 Feleke DG et al.

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