Nutritional status of pavement dweller children of Calcutta City.

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dc.contributor.authorRay, S Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorMishra, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorBiswas, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorHalder, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorChatterjee, Ten_US
dc.date.accessioned1999-01-13en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T10:04:37Z
dc.date.available1999-01-13en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T10:04:37Z
dc.date.issued1999-01-13en_US
dc.description.abstractPavement dwelling is likely to aggravate malnutrition among its residents due to extreme poverty, lack of dwelling and access to food and their exposure to polluted environment. Paucity of information about nutritional status of street children compared to that among urban slum dwellers, squatters or rural/tribal population is quite evident. The present study revealed the magnitude of Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) and few associated factors among a sample of 435 underfives belonging to pavement dweller families and selected randomly from clusters of such families, from each of the five geographical sectors of Calcutta city. Overall prevalence of PEM was found almost similar (about 70%) to that among other 'urban poor' children viz. slum dwellers etc., but about 16% of them were found severely undernourished (Grade III & V of IAP classification of PEM). About 35% and 70% of street dweller children had wasting and stunting respectively. Severe PEM (Grade III & IV) was more prevalent among 12-23 months old, girl child, those belonged to illiterate parents and housewife mothers rather than wage earners. It also did increase with increase of birth rate of decrease of birth interval.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Community Medicine, Medical College, Calcutta.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRay SK, Mishra R, Biswas R, Kumar S, Halder A, Chatterjee T. Nutritional status of pavement dweller children of Calcutta City. Indian Journal of Public Health. 1999 Jan-Mar; 43(1): 49-54en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/109581
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshCluster Analysisen_US
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshEducational Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshNutritional Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshPovertyen_US
dc.subject.meshPrejudiceen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshProtein-Energy Malnutrition --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleNutritional status of pavement dweller children of Calcutta City.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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