FACTORS AFFECTING THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF 3-6-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN ATTENDING ANGANWADIS IN AN URBAN AREA IN KERALA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 56
Abstract
BACKGROUND Although, Kerala is far ahead of other states of India with regard to most of the health indicators under nutrition is still present here. This is especially true in some urban areas, where the health delivery system at the primary level is inadequate. In spite of the presence of anganwadis, malnutrition is still reported. The study was done to find out the prevalence as well as risk factors for under nutrition in 3-6 year old attending anganwadis. The study was done in an urban area. The aim of the study is to 1. Assess the nutritional status of children (3 to 6 yrs.) attending the anganwadis in an urban area in Kerala. 2. Determine the factors associated with poor nutritional status. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was done in an urban area of Kerala. From Kollam Urban 1 ICDS Project area, 4 wards were randomly selected. Three anganwadis were randomly selected from each ward totalling to 12 anganwadis. All the children 3-6-year-old, attending these 12 anganwadis were included in the study. RESULTS The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting were found to be 15.0%, 26.7% and 10.8%, respectively. The factors found to have a significant association with under nutrition were between underweight and low monthly income (p <0.05) between stunting and prematurity (p <0.01) and stunting and deworming not done in the preceding 6 months (p <0.01). Wasting was not found to be significantly associated with any of the risk factors studied. CONCLUSION Further exploration and analysis of factors associated with malnutrition is required to implement steps to control under nutrition in children.
Authors and Affiliations
Prabhakumari Chellamma, Jayasree Chandrasekharan Nair, Sheeja Suresh Lakshmi, Saibunisa Jaleel, Shalini Soman Chellappan, Sofia Shameena, Shan Mohammed Rafi, Sameer Salim, Riya Yohannan
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