A study on undernutrition and its socioeconomic correlates among toddlers in a rural area of Uttarakhand, India

Vyas, Shaili; Kandpal, S D; Semwal, Jayanti; Deepshikha,

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161355

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“…Our findings are supported by a study of Mittal et al that mother's engagement in some occupation adversely affected child's growth [12]. In another study Shailiet al showed that maximum under nutrition (88.46%) was found in children whose mothers were unskilled laborers by occupation, as compare to children of house wives [16].…”

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“…Undernutrition is one of the most concerning health and development issues in India as in other developing countries [1]. As per NFHS-4 (2015- 16) 35.8% of children are under weight, 21% wasted, and 38.4% stunted under five age group in India [2]. Strong evidence exists on synergism between undernutrition and child mortality due to common childhood illnesses [3].…”

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Nutritional status and morbidity pattern of children aged 6-60 months beneficiaries of anganwadi at urban slums area of Raipur city in Central India

2019

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Introduction:Malnutrition is one of the major social and public health concerns in India.There is similar situation in Chhattisgarh with 37% children underweight. About 200 million people in India are living in urban slums without basic health facilities, poor environment conditions that make children susceptible to infectious disease. Objective: To assess the nutritional status and morbidity pattern in children aged 6-60 months attending Anganwadi at urban slums of Raipur city. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted in urban slum of Raipur city from July-2017 to June-2018. A representative sample of 605 children was anthropometrically and clinically assessed for their nutritional status and morbidity pattern. Socio-economic variables were also collected to identify the determinants of nutritional status and morbidity pattern. Data was analyzed using SPSS-20 and WHO-Anthroplus. Informed consent and ethical issues were considered. Results: Out of the 605 children, 46.28% were in <2 years age group and 47.77% were female. Majority of them belongs to low socioeconomic (87.93%) status. As per WHO nutritional measurement criteria, 20.16% were underweight, 21.16% stunting and 13.05% wasting. Major morbidity conditions among study participants were respiratory infections (26.28%), diarrhea (15.54%), conjunctival pallor (19.83%), scabies (18.51%) and 10.91% dental caries. Mother's education, diarrhoeal/respiratory infection, socio-economic status, mother's occupation were significant determinants for underweight in study children. Conclusion: Children benefited from Anganwadi centers in urban slum of Raipur has less underweight (20.16%) as compare to state average (29.1%) in urban area and better immunization coverage (92.40%).

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Nutritional status and morbidity pattern of children aged 6-60 months beneficiaries of anganwadi at urban slums area of Raipur city in Central India

2019

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“…Our observation was supported by other studies. 9,10 This shows that, Educated mothers are more conscious about their child"s health. In our study, three fourth (76.7%) of the mothers were housewives.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Mittal and Vyas also reported similar findings. 9,10 This suggests that crèches/play ways should be provided at working places. Three fourth children (75.8%) belonging to lower socio economic class which were found to be undernourished (59.9%) which was significantly higher than upper SE class.…”

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Factors related to under nutrition among children in a rural area in Patan district of Gujarat, India

Patel¹,

Gandhi²,

Vachhani³

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Malnutrition is defined as ‘undernutrition’ resulting from inadequate consumption, poor absorption or excessive loss of nutrients and also includes ‘overnutrition’, resulting from excessive intake of specific nutrients. Infant-feeding practices play a major role in child caring practices apart from socio-cultural, demographic and economic factors. The present study was conducted to assess socio-demographic and other factors associated with undernutrition in rural areas of Patan.Methods: This present study was conducted at 6 Anganwadi centers of Kungher rural area of Patan during 2017-2018. Total 293 of 1 to 5 year children were included in the study. Secondary data was collected through study of records and reports from AWW. Mothers of selected children were interviewed for collecting desired information. The children were examined for anthropometric parameters (weight and height) and nutritional status.Results: Out of 293 children 159 (54.2%) subjects were males. Total 190 (64.8%) children were ICDS beneficiaries. More than half of children (55.6%) were undernourished. Severe malnutrition was more distributed among unregistered (54.5%). Two third of illiterate mothers had undernourished children (69.8%). More than half of children (59.9%) belonging to lower socio economic class were undernourished. More than 2/3rd of low birth weight (LBW) children were found to be undernourished.Conclusions: Child’s nutritional status had significantly affected by maternal education and occupational status. Many other key factors such as family income, gender discrimination and LBW are playing an important role in nutritional status children.

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“…However significant association has been reported between mother's illiteracy and higher prevalence of underweight children in a similar studies done by Sengupta in urban slums of Ludhiana, by Khanna et al in rural communities of Punjab and Vyas et al in a rural area of Uttrakhand. 12,15,16 No significant difference was found in the prevalence of underweight children who were exclusively breastfed as compared to those who were not. Similar results were observed by Sathyanath in a study done on under 5 in rural area of Mangalore.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors of under nutrition among under three children in an urban community in Ludhiana city

Kaushal

Chaudhary

Girdhar

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Under nutrition is important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. In India burden of underweight children in under 5 years of age is still 35.7% (NFHS-4) and is 22% in Punjab which is still considered to be a major public health problem. Thus this study was planned to find prevalence and risk factors of under nutrition in under 3 children in urban Ludhiana.Methods: It is community based cross-sectional study conducted in under 3 year children in field practice area of Urban Health Centre under Department of Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana. Minimum sample size of 368 was calculated. Data was collected from routine surveillance by ANMs in their visits to area. Under nutrition was taken as weight for age as per standard growth chart used in India (WHO based). Statistical analysis: Microsoft Excel, Chi square test, SPSS.Results: Out of 387 children, 82 (21.2%) were underweight [17 (4.4%) severely and 65 (16.8%) moderately underweight]. Increasing age, partial immunization, low birth weight and high birth order were significantly associated, while gender, type of family, SES, mother’s BMI & literacy and exclusive breast feeding were not significantly associated with prevalence of underweight.Conclusions: Increasing age, partial immunization, low birth weight and high birth order were all significantly associated with underweight. Maternal and child health services need to be strengthened.

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A study on undernutrition and its socioeconomic correlates among toddlers in a rural area of Uttarakhand, India

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Nutritional status and morbidity pattern of children aged 6-60 months beneficiaries of anganwadi at urban slums area of Raipur city in Central India

Nutritional status and morbidity pattern of children aged 6-60 months beneficiaries of anganwadi at urban slums area of Raipur city in Central India

Factors related to under nutrition among children in a rural area in Patan district of Gujarat, India

Prevalence and risk factors of under nutrition among under three children in an urban community in Ludhiana city

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