ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH STATUS OF UNDER-SIX-YEAR CHILDREN AT UHTC, SHARIFGANJ AREA OF KMC, KATIHAR, BIHAR
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 27
Abstract
BACKGROUND Under-six-year children comprise approximately 17% of the total population of the 136 million children born each year in the world. Growing urbanisation is a recent phenomenon in the developing countries. Over the past five decades, India’s urban population has increased manifold. The aim of this study is to assess the health and nutritional status of under-six-year children at UHTC, Sharifganj area of KMC, Katihar, Bihar and with a view to study various socio-economic factors influencing their health status with a view to formulate prophylactic measures. MATERIALS AND METHODS An observational study of 1200 children (640 boys and 560 girls) was undertaken during August 2017 to March 2018 at urban health training centre Sharifganj area of KMC, Katihar, Bihar. The sample size was calculated on the basis of pilot survey. Children were classified on the basis of weight for age into various categories of malnutrition using IAP classification and NCHS standard. RESULTS Out of 1200 children in the present study, 756 (63%) were found to be normal. In the age group of 0 - ˂ 1 year, 120 infants (84.7%) were found to be normal category. So, if we exclude the 0 - ˂ 2 years children, 484 (40.33%) children were normal and 50.67% were malnourished (Grade I to Grade IV). CONCLUSION The higher prevalence of malnutrition in the urban area may be due to poor breast-feeding practices, lack of appropriate complementary feeding.
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Purnendu Kumar Singh, Vishal Prasad
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