Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries

Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the region with the highest burden of anemia globally. Since anemia has both health and non-health-related consequences, its reduction is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the prevalence of anemia and...

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Autores principales:	Betregiorgis Zegeye, Felix Emeka Anyiam, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya
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Materias:	Anemia Factors Sub-Saharan Africa Married women DHS Global health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0f16a9472ab249619084f76694b7e3512021-12-05T12:09:58ZPrevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries10.1186/s13690-021-00733-x2049-3258https://doaj.org/article/0f16a9472ab249619084f76694b7e3512021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00733-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2049-3258Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the region with the highest burden of anemia globally. Since anemia has both health and non-health-related consequences, its reduction is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in SSA. Methods Using Stata version-14 software, the analysis was done on 89,029 married women from the Demographic and Health Surveys of 19 countries in SSA. Pearson Chi-Square test and Binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine the factors associated with anemia. The results were presented using adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) at a 95% Confidence Interval (CI). A p-value less than or equal to 0.05 (p ≤ 0.05) was considered statistically significant. Results The pooled analysis showed that 49.7% of married women were anemic. Of these, 1.04% and 15.05% were severely and moderately anemic respectively, and the rest 33.61% were mildly anemic. Husband education (primary school-aOR = 0.84, 95% CI; 0.71–0.99), wealth index (middle-aOR = 0.81, 95% CI; 0.68–0.96, richer-aOR = 0.69, 95% CI; 0.57–0.84, richest-aOR = 0.68, 95% CI; 0.51–0.91), modern contraceptive use (yes-aOR = 0.68, 95% CI; 0.56–0.81) and religion (Muslim-aOR = 1.27, 95% CI; 1.11–1.46, others-aOR = 0.73, 95% CI; 0.59–0.90) were factors associated with anemia among married women. Conclusion The findings show that nearly half of the married women are affected by anemia. Enhancing partners’ educational levels, and economic empowerment of women, strengthening family planning services, and working with religious leaders to reduce the perception and religious beliefs related to food restrictions can be the main focus to reduce the burden of anemia among married women in SSA.Betregiorgis ZegeyeFelix Emeka AnyiamBright Opoku AhinkorahEdward Kwabena AmeyawEugene BuduAbdul-Aziz SeiduSanni YayaBMCarticleAnemiaFactorsSub-Saharan AfricaMarried womenDHSGlobal healthPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENArchives of Public Health, Vol 79, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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topic	Anemia Factors Sub-Saharan Africa Married women DHS Global health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	Anemia Factors Sub-Saharan Africa Married women DHS Global health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Betregiorgis Zegeye Felix Emeka Anyiam Bright Opoku Ahinkorah Edward Kwabena Ameyaw Eugene Budu Abdul-Aziz Seidu Sanni Yaya Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
description	Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the region with the highest burden of anemia globally. Since anemia has both health and non-health-related consequences, its reduction is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in SSA. Methods Using Stata version-14 software, the analysis was done on 89,029 married women from the Demographic and Health Surveys of 19 countries in SSA. Pearson Chi-Square test and Binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine the factors associated with anemia. The results were presented using adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) at a 95% Confidence Interval (CI). A p-value less than or equal to 0.05 (p ≤ 0.05) was considered statistically significant. Results The pooled analysis showed that 49.7% of married women were anemic. Of these, 1.04% and 15.05% were severely and moderately anemic respectively, and the rest 33.61% were mildly anemic. Husband education (primary school-aOR = 0.84, 95% CI; 0.71–0.99), wealth index (middle-aOR = 0.81, 95% CI; 0.68–0.96, richer-aOR = 0.69, 95% CI; 0.57–0.84, richest-aOR = 0.68, 95% CI; 0.51–0.91), modern contraceptive use (yes-aOR = 0.68, 95% CI; 0.56–0.81) and religion (Muslim-aOR = 1.27, 95% CI; 1.11–1.46, others-aOR = 0.73, 95% CI; 0.59–0.90) were factors associated with anemia among married women. Conclusion The findings show that nearly half of the married women are affected by anemia. Enhancing partners’ educational levels, and economic empowerment of women, strengthening family planning services, and working with religious leaders to reduce the perception and religious beliefs related to food restrictions can be the main focus to reduce the burden of anemia among married women in SSA.
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author	Betregiorgis Zegeye Felix Emeka Anyiam Bright Opoku Ahinkorah Edward Kwabena Ameyaw Eugene Budu Abdul-Aziz Seidu Sanni Yaya
author_facet	Betregiorgis Zegeye Felix Emeka Anyiam Bright Opoku Ahinkorah Edward Kwabena Ameyaw Eugene Budu Abdul-Aziz Seidu Sanni Yaya
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title	Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
title_short	Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
title_full	Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
title_fullStr	Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries
title_sort	prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-saharan african countries
publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0f16a9472ab249619084f76694b7e351
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Prevalence of anemia and its associated factors among married women in 19 sub-Saharan African countries

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