Morbidity Profile of Pre-School Children in an Urban Slum Area.

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dc.contributor.authorUkey, Ujwala U
dc.contributor.authorChitre, Dhruv S
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-14T05:07:59Z
dc.date.available2015-04-14T05:07:59Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractBackground : Pre-school morbidity is an important index of the health status of a community. The high degree of morbidity amongst this age group in India is a common occurrence. Objectives : To study burden of illness and etiology of morbidity in pre-school children (0-5 year). Material & Methods : Cross sectional study for 4 months in an urban slum area of Visakhapatnam. Clinical examination of the children in age-group 0-5 years along with interviews of their parents were done in a house-to-house survey. Results: Morbidity was found in 146 out of the total 353 children. The male-female ratio of morbid children was 1.5: 1. Communicable diseases were found in 82% while non-communicable diseases like PEM and anaemia was a finding in about 18%. Conclusions : Communicable diseases were commoner cause of morbidity in the pre-school children. The conditions associated with morbidity were younger age, poor socioeconomic conditions, low birth weight & increasing birth-order.en_US
dc.identifier.citationUkey Ujwala U, Chitre Dhruv S. Morbidity Profile of Pre-School Children in an Urban Slum Area. Indian Medical Gazette. 2012 Aug ; 145 (8): 300-304.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/157431
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://medind.nic.in/ice/t12/i8/icet12i8p300.pdfen_US
dc.subjectmorbidityen_US
dc.subjectpre-schoolen_US
dc.subject0-5 yearen_US
dc.subjectchildrenen_US
dc.subjectslumsen_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschool
dc.subject.meshCommunicable Diseases --epidemiology
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia
dc.subject.meshInfant, Low Birth Weight
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMorbidity --etiology
dc.subject.meshMorbidity --trends
dc.subject.meshPoverty Areas
dc.subject.meshSocioeconomic Factors
dc.titleMorbidity Profile of Pre-School Children in an Urban Slum Area.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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