Masresha Tessema

Early Childhood Stunting, Household Food Security, Micronutrient Rich Foods Consumption Southern Ethiopia

Masresha Tessema · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: This study aims to assess micronutrient rich food consumption, household food security status and its association with stunting. Methods: Community based cross-sectional design was employed to obtain data from 584 participants from three rural communitie. A two stage...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20967

Effects of Governance Structures in Ethiopia on Implementation of Nutrition Interventions

Eileen Kennedy, Masresha Tessema, Aregash Samuel, Tarik Kassaye, Habtamu Fekadu, Tesfaye Hailu, Tsehay Assefa, Desalegn Kuche, Girmay Ayana, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Tibebu Moges, Adamu Belaye & Abinet Tesfaye · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives:  1. Assess factors that enhance or constrain implementation of nutrition interventions at national and sub national levels. 2. Analyze how direct nutrition interventions and multi sector approaches are implemented at national, regional, zonal and woreda levels. 3.  Id...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20913

Examining Means of Reaching School and Non School Attending Adolescent Girls for Iron Supplementation in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia

Afework Mulugeta, Kiday H/Silassie, Masresha Tessema, Oumer Seid, Aweke Kebede & Gebremedhin Kidane · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To examine means of reaching school and non-school attending adolescent girls for iron supplementation in Tigray region. Methods: The study employed cross-sectional survey consisting of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Stratified multi-stage systematic ra...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21020