MORBIDITY PATTERN AMONG WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIVING IN AN URBAN SLUM
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in an urban slum in Thane, Maharashtra, India. Women (n=64) with self-reported morbidity and symptomatic children (40 girls and 36 boys) were clinically examined and treated using the “camp approach”. The mean age of girls, boys, and women was 6.04 +/- 4.08 years, 4.49 +/- 2.88 years, and 34.52 +/- 10.01 years, respectively. The health problems in the examined children included upper respiratory infections, fever, loss of appetite, eye and ear-related problems and diarrhoea. out of the 51 under-five children examined, 72.55% were undernourished. Among women, reproductive health problems, anaemia, and musculoskeletal disorders predominated. Specific nutrition and health interventions for under-five children are necessary to combat under-nutrition, while community-based educational interventions for women would help overcome the social taboos attached to reproductive health problems.
Authors and Affiliations
Sandhya S. Khadse, Ranjana B. Zade, Sundaram Kartikeyan
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