| Autor: |
N. C., Ashok, A., Santosh Kumar, Koppad, Raghavendraswamy, D., Sunil Kumar, Dhar, Murali, S. V., Chandrashekar |
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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development; Jan-Mar2015, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p308-313, 6p |
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Background: Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is widely prevalent form of malnutrition among under five children and is still the major problem in our country especially in urban slums. Objectives: 1) To estimate the prevalence of PEM in children aged 1 to 5 years. 2) To study the association of birth order and birth interval with PEM in children aged 1to 5 years. Method: A cross sectional study of 600 children of 1-5 year age group in urban slums of Mysore city was carried out with cluster random sampling method. The data was collected using a predesigned and pretested proforma. Assessment of the nutritional status was done by clinical examination and anthropometry. WHO child growth standards, 2006 reference data were used to classify malnutrition. Results: Among 600 children examined, 285 (47.5%) were males and 315 (52.5%) were females. 281 (46.8%) of the children were of Birth order one, 237 (39.5%) were of Birth order two, 66 (11%) were of birth order three and 16 (2.7%) children were of Birth order four and above. Birth interval in majority of children i.e. 176 (54.1%) was between 24-35 months and only in 62 (19.07%) children birth interval was more than 36 months. the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting was 129 (21.5%), 135 (22.5%) and 9 (7.5%) respectively. The prevalence of underweight was least in children with birth order one 78 (27.8%), Similarly wasting was found to be high in children with birth order three and above i.e. 19 (23.1%). Maximum number of children i.e. 42 (48.3%) were found to be underweight with birth interval less than 24 months. Conclusion: Birth order and birth interval plays an important role in nutritional status of the child and need to be addressed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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