How Personal Hygiene Predicts Nutritional Status and Morbidity Profile? A School Based Study among Adolescent Girls in a Slum Area of Kolkata
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Introduction: Nutritional status and morbidity profile of children goes hand in hand. Personal hygiene is a prime factor playing a pivotal role in above two domains and thereby influencing health of an adolescent girl in the period of growth spurt and development. Objective: The study aimed to assess the nutritional status, morbidity profile and to find out their predictors among school going adolescent girls in a slum area of Kolkata. Materials and Methods Study design-A school based cross-sectional study. Study area- It was conducted in a Government Secondary Girls’ school situated in a slum area of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Sampling method- Complete enumeration method. Study population- All the students of class V – VIII fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included after taking informed consent from the guardians. Method of data collection- Interview with a predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Results: The mean age of participants was 12.17 ± 1.255 years. Overall under nutrition was 67.3% among the students. Majority of the students were suffering from hair related morbidities (73.7%), ENT related morbidities (85.32%), oro-dental morbidities (77.1%), dermatological morbidities (61.2%), and G.I.T related morbidities (84.4%) and specific nutrient deficiencies (68.5%). Multivariate analyses revealed other than socio-demographic factors poor personal hygiene was an important risk factor of under nutrition and high morbidities among the students. Conclusions: Awareness generation, motivation and behavioural change communications in schools will play a major role in improvement of personal hygiene and thereby resulting in a healthy adolescent.
Authors and Affiliations
Jayita Pal
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP522635
- DOI -
- Views 78
- Downloads 0
Comparative Study of 30 Cases of Local Injection of Autologous Blood and Corticosteroids in Treatment of Plantar Fascitis
Introduction: Plantar fascitis is a painful heel condition associated with Obesity, Poor foot alignment, Prolonged Standing, Fat pad atrophy causing significant distress in day to day activities. The objective of the cur...
Retinal Vein Occlusion -Risk Factors in Younger Patients
Introduction: Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) accounts for a major cause of sudden visual impairment in the population. Many of the investigations often turn out futile especially in the young and evaluation to find out the...
ImmunoComb II Test in Detection of HCV Antibodies in Oral Fluid
Objectives: a suitable, affordable, rapid and accurate test for HCV may be helpful in various clinical settings. The aim of the work is to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of ImmunoComb II HCV test in d...
Dextrose Treats Optic Neuritis
The sphenopalatine ganglion—also known as pterygopalatine ganglion, Meckel’s ganglion, Sluder’s ganglion and nasal ganglion—is the largest of the four parasympathetic ganglia associated with the trigeminal nerve. It is c...
Body cavity fluid flowcytometry in the diagnosis of haematolymphoid neoplasms
Introduction: Flow cytometry provides a rapid and accurate analysis of haematopoetic tumour cells in serous fluids. Material & Methods: This is a study of body cavity fluids in which flow cytometry was used to characteri...