Open AccessAssessment of Practice and Factors associated with Sunlight Exposure of Infants among Mothers in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Wegayehu Zeneb Teklehaimanot,
Leul Deribe,
Tewodros Tesfaye,
Abebe Mihretie,
Michael Amera Tizazu,
Abebayehu Melesew Mekuriyaw,
Kassa Mamo,
Mikyas Arega Muluneh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s330896
Subject(s) - sunlight , medicine , environmental health , geography , physics , astronomy
Vitamin D deficiency is a common worldwide problem with its prevalence magnified in infants. Prevalence in infants is believed to range from 2.7% to 45% in different countries of the world. Appropriate sunlight exposure of skin is thought to be vital for the prevention of vitamin D deficiency. However, due to a dearth of study the practice of sunlight exposure is incompletely understood. Thus, assessing practice and factors affecting sunlight exposure of infants by mothers was relevant.