Epidemiological study of under nutrition among under five years children in an urban slum

Dhone, Anjali; Chitnis, Uday B; Bhawalkar, Jitendra S; Jadhav, Sudhir

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“…[21] In this study, children who were of higher age group, male child, or with less educated mothers were more likely to have anthropometric failure. Similar findings were observed in the study by Anjali et al [22] From this study the prevalence of childhood morbidities was found to be 48%. This finding emphasizes the role of infections in the causation of malnutrition.…”

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“…This finding emphasizes the role of infections in the causation of malnutrition. Similar findings shown by Dhone et al [22] and Joshi et al [23] in their longitudinal study in three slums of Pune, Maharashtra, India, found that fever, gastrointestinal, and respiratory illness were the major illnesses. The combined prevalence of all the morbidities was 57.5%.…”

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Composite index of anthropometric failure and its important correlates: a study among under-5 children in a slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Dasgupta¹,

Sahoo²,

Taraphadar³

et al. 2015

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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development during these formative years. In the long run, malnutrition decreases the educational achievement, labor productivity, and economic growth of a country. The various risk factors identified for undernutrition are related to the child, mother, and largely their environment. Adequate nutrition during infancy and childhood is fundamental to a child's full developmental potential [1] whereas poor quality of infant and young child feeding practices are the major cause of malnutrition among the under-5 children of any society. [2] As per UNICEF, under-5 mortality rate is the best single indicator of social development and well-being rather than gross national product per capita, as it reflects income, nutrition, health education, and basic education. [3] A study of childhood mortality in the Americas showed that no less than Background: In India, undernutrition remains a major public health problem despite several national programs targeting vulnerable groups, especially children. Objectives: To assess the nutritional status and morbidity profile of under-5 children and to elicit the explanatory and contextual factors of this malady. Materials and Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted among under-5 children in a slum area of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Anthropometric measurements were made following standard operative procedures and recall period of morbidity profile of last 2 weeks was recorded. Results: Of total 100 under-5 children assessed, the mean (standard deviation) of the sample was 23.52 (15.65) months. About 55% children were found to have anthropometric failure using composite index of anthropometric failure. However, with standard anthropometric indices such as weight for age, weight for height, height for age, and mid upper arm circumference prevalence of malnutrition were 42% (underweight), 30% (wasting), 28% (stunting), and 48% (undernutrition), respectively. About 48% children had some kind of morbidity of which acute respiratory infection accounted for 9%, diarrhea 11%, fever 9%, and skin infection 6%. Age [OR = 5.17 (2.09-12.76)], family type [

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Composite index of anthropometric failure and its important correlates: a study among under-5 children in a slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Dasgupta¹,

Sahoo²,

Taraphadar³

et al. 2015

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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“…[14,18] However mother's education remains an important factor infl uencing child's nutritional status as seen in various other studies conducted across the country. [24][25][26][27] …”

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Nutritional status of under-five children in urban slums of Pune

Mamulwar¹,

Rathod²,

Jethani³

et al. 2014

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Background:The nutritional status of under fi ve children in urban slums is an important health indicator for assessing the health status of entire population and one of the major predictors of child survival. Objective: A nutritional survey was carried out in September-October 2012 in the fi eld practice area of a medical college in Pimpri, Pune area with an objective to assess the nutritional status of under-fi ve children. Materials and Methods: All the under fi ve students in the fi eld practice area of the medical college were examined. A total of 658 children were examined. Results and Conclusion: It was observed that the prevalence of under weight 34.3% (226/654) (30.7 to 38.0 C.I.), stunting 58.7% (386/654) (54.9 to 62.4 C.I.) and wasting was 16.9%(109/654) (14.0 to 19.7 95% C.I.). The prevalence of under weight 37.6% (114/303) and stunting 61.4% (186/303) was more in girls whereas wasting was more in boys 18%. (64/355)

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“…In developing countries, the nutritional status of children depends on socioeconomic status, awareness of diseases such as diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infection, educational status of mother and availability of safe drinking water [13].Undernourished children are prone to infections. Statistically underweight children succumb to diseases such as diarrhea, measles, and malaria and lower respiratory tract infections.Undernutrition in young children has long-term negative effects on physical and cognitive development [14].A global review on child stunting and economic outcomes revealed a 1 cm increase in height was associated with a 4% increase in wages for men and a 6% increase in wages for women. Investing in the reduction of child malnutrition is paramount for human and economic development [8].…”

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Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among under-five children residing in urban slums and rural area, Maharashtra, India: a community-based cross-sectional study

Murarkar

Gothankar²,

Doke

et al. 2020

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Background Undernutrition among under five children in India is a major public health problem.Despite India’s growth in the economy, the child mortality rate due to undernutrition is still high in both urban and rural areas.Studies that focus on urban slums are scarce. Hence the present study was carried out to assess the prevalence and determinants of undernutrition in children under five in Maharashtra, India.Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 16 randomly selected clusters in two districts of Maharashtra state, India. Data were collected through house to house survey by interviewing mothers of under five children. Total 2929 mothers and their 3,671 under five children were covered. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify the determinants of child nutritional status seperately in urban and rural areas. Results The mean age of the children was 2.38 years (±SD 1.36) and mean age of mothers was 24.25 years (± SD 6.37).Overall prevalence of stunting among children under five was 45.9 %, wasting was 17.1% and 35.4% children were underweight.Prevalence of wasting, stunting and underweight were more seen in an urban slum than a rural area.In the rural areas exclusive breast feeding(p<0.001) and acute diarrhea (p=0.001) were associated with wasting, children with birth order 2 or less than 2 were associated with stunting and exclusive breast feeding (p<0.05) and low maternal education were associated with underweight. Whereas in the urban slums exclusive breast feeding(p<0.05) was associated with wasting, sex of the child (p<0.05) and type of family(p<0.05)were associated with stunting,and low income of the family(p<0.05) was associated with underweight.Conclusions Factors like sex of the child, birth order,exclusive breast feeding ,economic status of the family, type of family,acute diarrhea and maternal education have influence on nutritional status of the child. Improvement of maternal education will improve the nutritional status of the child. Strategies are needed to improve the economic status of the community.Trial registration-This article is part of baseline data of the project, hence not related to trial registration. After baseline data principal investigator had done trial registration retrospectively.

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Epidemiological study of under nutrition among under five years children in an urban slum

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Composite index of anthropometric failure and its important correlates: a study among under-5 children in a slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Composite index of anthropometric failure and its important correlates: a study among under-5 children in a slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Nutritional status of under-five children in urban slums of Pune

Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among under-five children residing in urban slums and rural area, Maharashtra, India: a community-based cross-sectional study

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