| Autor: |
V. R., Roja, Galhotra, Abhiruchi, Rajan, Ancil V., Malarout, Namesh, Pateria, Shilpa, Kamath, Rajesh |
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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development; Oct2018, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p195-201, 7p |
| Abstrakt: |
The primary objective of the research was to study the health status of children under the age of 5 years living in urban slums. This study included 224 under-five Children living in urban slums of Udupi Taluk, Karnataka. A total of 17 urban slums were selected randomly. Cluster random sampling was used. A total of 224 under-five children participated in the study. The mean age of the children was 28±1.6 months. The majority were boys (58.5%). Among the 224 children assessed in this study only 8.5% could be classified as healthy, 40.6% as moderately healthy and 54.5% as unhealthy. In this study, we found that the overall health status of children aged between 1 month to 60 months based on morbidity, immunization status and nutrition status was unhealthy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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