Relation of childhood malnutrition to parental education and mothers' nutrition related KAP.

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, M Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorMehrotra, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorArora, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorSaran, Men_US
dc.date.accessioned1991-03-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-30T15:14:24Z
dc.date.available1991-03-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-30T15:14:24Z
dc.date.issued1991-03-01en_US
dc.description.abstractSeverely malnourished children (26), weight for age 55.27 +/- 3.17, were identified in a colony of predominantly Muslim urban slum dwellers of low economic status. An equal number of normally nourished children matched for age, sex and per capita income were identified. A strong relation was found between nutritional status of the subjects and educational level of their mothers (P less than 0.025). Father's education was unrelated to childrens' nutritional status. A thirty seven point questionnaire was administered to the mothers to record their nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). Analysis revealed that better KAP in relation to 16 of these 37 questions was not associated with better nutritional status. Seven questions were found to have only a weak association. The remaining 14 questions were identified as important for a nutrition education programme. Comparison of nutritional KAP score based on these 14 questions in case of mothers of normal and severely malnourished children revealed a significantly higher score in the former. Questions related to growth monitoring and breast feeding were not found to be important. No significant association was found between mothers' KAP and educational level. It is concluded that (i) Maternal education and KAP are significantly and independently associated with childrens' nutritional status. (ii) The content areas of knowledge, attitudes and practices significantly associated with nutritional status pertain to nutritional requirements of children, nutritional value of foods, immunisation, hygiene, oral rehydration and diarrhea.en_US
dc.description.affiliationHuman Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta MC, Mehrotra M, Arora S, Saran M. Relation of childhood malnutrition to parental education and mothers' nutrition related KAP. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 1991 Mar-Apr; 58(2): 269-74en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/83428
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/icb/icbai.shtmlen_US
dc.subject.meshAttitude to Healthen_US
dc.subject.meshBody Weighten_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild Nutritional Physiology Phenomenaen_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshEducational Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Educationen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshIslamen_US
dc.subject.meshLongitudinal Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshMothers --educationen_US
dc.subject.meshNutrition Disorders --etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshNutritional Physiological Phenomena --educationen_US
dc.subject.meshParents --educationen_US
dc.titleRelation of childhood malnutrition to parental education and mothers' nutrition related KAP.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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