Impact of Nutritional Status on  Cognition in Institutionalized Orphans: A  Pilot Study

Kamath, Sanjana M; Venkatappa, Kavana G; Sparshadeep, Eregodu

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2017/22181.9383

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“…Further, the poor nutritional status of the children (discussed elsewhere) may have an impact on their cognition levels which may worsen their awareness and treatment seeking practices. 17 This presents a unique opportunity to the health professionals for additional research; as well as to design easy to understand messages that would enhance the understanding of disease causation and would go a long way for its prevention. We also found the morbidities to be higher among younger age groups which may be explained by their lower immunity levels and young age as a risk factor for most diseases.…”

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Morbidity profile of orphan children in Southern India

Toutem

Singh

Ganguly

2018

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Orphan children globally and in India are increasing. Magnitude of their health problems is unknown. The present study was carried out to assess the morbidity pattern of orphan children aged 10-16 years, assess their knowledge about signs and symptoms of common childhood morbidities and treatment-seeking practices.Methods: One hundred institutionalized orphan children aged 10-16 years were studied for 6 months. Data was collected by trained investigators regarding sociodemographic background, awareness about common morbidities and treatment seeking practices. Thorough clinical examination and anthropometric measurements were done. Distribution of morbidities was shown.Results: 80% of the boys and 68% of the girls had low BMI. 78% suffered from multiple morbidities of which 76% had infections of skin and appendages while 74% had ear problems. 26% had diarrhea and 21% had B-complex deficiency. The mean duration of all diseases was 7±1.1 days. Awareness about diseases and their complications was low; and self-care was highly prevalent for most health problems.Conclusions: Orphan children in South India suffer from many morbidities about which their awareness and treatment seeking is low.

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Morbidity profile of orphan children in Southern India

Toutem

Singh

Ganguly

2018

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…Parents are working in agriculture, and non-agricultural area similarly who are below the poverty line and having Antyodya card and no schooling these are factor leads to high malnutrition among the children. 10 Evidence suggests that the level of stunted children has declined from 52% in 1992-93 to 38% by 2015-16 but the prevalence of wasted had increased from 17% to 28% during this period as reported in National Family Health Survey (NFHS 4). Moreover, in 2016, India accounted for 62 million stunted children, 40% of the global share of stunting in Maharashtra (UNICEF.…”

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Nutrition status and inequality among children in different geographical regions of Maharashtra, India

Khadse

Chaurasia

2020

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

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Introduction: Nutritional status is influenced by the complex social, biological, environmental and cultural factors that are highly interrelated. Despite being a demographically and economically developed state, Maharashtra has a high prevalence rate of child malnutrition with alarming figures. There is uneven development in different geographical regions. Aim: This paper assesses the extent of nutritional status and inequalities among children in different regions of Maharashtra. Data and Methods: This study utilizes data from the fourth Round of the National Family Health Survey (2015-16), the large-scale survey on demography and health recently conducted. Simple chi-square test was conducted to test the association and, further binary logistic regression analysis was done by adjusting various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Additionally, to deal with the inequality aspect, concentration curve, concentration index, and decomposition analysis techniques were used to access and measure the degree of socioeconomic inequality in geographical regions of Maharashtra. Results: The result shows that household aspect wealth quintile, religion caste/tribe, mother education, child ever born and different regions of Maharashtra were the main factors contributing to poor child malnutrition. Rural area has the highest percentage of underweight (40%) children followed by stunted (38%) and wasted (26%) respectively. Almost half of the children are underweight whose mother has no education, with 45% of stunted and 26% wasted children. Nandurbar district of North-Maharashtra regions has a prevalence of underweight (56.17 per 100) and stunted (47.38 per 100) children while Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region has highest prevalence of wasted (46.59 per 100) children respectively. Discussion: Due to lack of proper development, poor awareness about keeping up and improving the dietary benefit of nourishment and absence of cleanliness and sanitation as compared with other social groups. Conclusions: The aim of this paper was to explore the geographical variations in malnutrition in Maharashtra. The present study plentifully uncovers that, as far as child nutrition is concerned, the Scheduled Tribes groups seems to be socially excluded among all the social classes. Economic growth has played a definite role in reducing child nutrition, but it is not primarily responsible for the significant decline. As per the results, we have seen that among rich and poor inequalities exists and were highly significantly different regions of Maharashtra. Recommadations: The paper calls for state and regions specific strategies which are needed to be designed and executed on a priority basis, keeping in view the keeping in view the idea of disparity or the nature of inequality in childhood malnutrition in the state and its differential characteristics across the regions.

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“…According to (WHO), nutrition is the intake of food, considered in relation to the body's dietary needs. Optimum nutrition is required for the physical, mental growth and development of the children [1].…”

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Malnutrition and Associated Factors with Nutritional Status among Orphan Children: An Evidence-Based Study from Nepal

Acharya¹,

Adhikari²,

Moon³

et al. 2020

Int. J. Child Health Nutr.

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Background: Malnutrition is common public health problem among children in low-and middle-income countries. Orphan's children are vulnerable and neglected group in the society and are more prone to malnutrition. The study aims to identify prevalence of underweight, stunting and thinness of children residing in slum area with its associated factors. Method: Quantitative method & analytical cross-sectional research design were used to assess the nutritional status and its associated factors among orphan children in Pokhara, Nepal. The sample size of 160 children were obtained by simple random technique. Semi-structured questionnaire, digital bathroom scale, stadiometer was used as data collection technique. Data management and analysis was done from Epi-info, SPSS 25 version & WHO Anthro plus. Result: Out of 160 children, majority 80% were malnourished & 55.1% were stunted whereas 13.8% were thinness & 6.9% were found to be overweight. Our study revealed a signi cant association between sex, age, ethnicity, duration of stay in children's home and education of caregiver (p <0.05). Conclusion: Malnutrition is highly prevalent in orphan children and need to be addressed. Nutritional status should be monitored regularly for early identi cation & timely intervention of malnutrition to promote the nutrition health status of children.

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Impact of Nutritional Status on Cognition in Institutionalized Orphans: A Pilot Study

Cited by 32 publications

References 9 publications

Morbidity profile of orphan children in Southern India

Morbidity profile of orphan children in Southern India

Nutrition status and inequality among children in different geographical regions of Maharashtra, India

Malnutrition and Associated Factors with Nutritional Status among Orphan Children: An Evidence-Based Study from Nepal

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