An epidemiological study of health and nutritional status of under five children in semi-urban community of Gujarat.

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dc.contributor.authorBhanderi, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorChoudhary, S Ken_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-10-21en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T11:06:09Z
dc.date.available2006-10-21en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T11:06:09Z
dc.date.issued2006-10-21en_US
dc.description.abstractIn developing countries, children of 0-5 years of age form a large as well as "high risk" group. Malnutrition poses a grave risk to the health of these children. The main objectives of this study were to assess the health & nutritional status of children of 0-5 years of age group & to study the influence of various epidemiological factors on health & nutritional status of children on 0-5 years of age group. It is a community based cross sectional study done in randomly selected three wards of Petlad town, district Anand in Gujarat state. 300 children of age group 0-5 years selected by systematic sampling method. Mother of each child included in the study was subjected to personal interview in her own house followed by clinical examination & anthropometric measurements of the child. The three indices of nutritional status namely, weight for age, height for age, & weight for height were expressed in standard deviation units from the median for the international reference populations as per WHONCHS standards & were compared with WHONCHS growth reference data. The prevalence of under weight (wt. for age below 2SD) was 43.67%. 50.3% children were found stunted (ht. 1br age below -2 SID) with higher prevalence in 2nd and 5th year of life. Prevalence of wasting (wt. for ht. below 2SD) was comparatively low (23.2% with a peak in 3rd year of life). These nutritional parameters showed a significant association with parental education, socio-economic status, family size, environmental conditions (safe drink water, sanitary waste disposal & overcrowding), & episodes of common diseases.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Community Medicine, Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat. drbhanderi007@yahoo.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationBhanderi D, Choudhary SK. An epidemiological study of health and nutritional status of under five children in semi-urban community of Gujarat. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2006 Oct-Dec; 50(4): 213-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/110346
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshBody Heighten_US
dc.subject.meshBody Weighten_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshFamilyen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshInfanten_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshNutrition Surveysen_US
dc.subject.meshNutritional Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshSocial Classen_US
dc.subject.meshSuburban Populationen_US
dc.subject.meshWasting Syndrome --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleAn epidemiological study of health and nutritional status of under five children in semi-urban community of Gujarat.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeMulticenter Studyen_US
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