Volume : 6, Issue : 8, August - 2017

ASSESSMENT OF MALNUTRITION AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG 1-5 YEARS CHILDREN IN URBAN SLUMS OF CENTRAL INDIA

Dr. Vivek Nagar, Dr. Sarad Tiwari, Dr. Mohan Shinde, Abhishek Sahai

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">U</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">nder nutrition is a major cause in more than half of under-five death In India; around 43% of under five children&rsquo;s were underweight.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.35pt;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:28.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Objective- </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">To study the malnutrition/ under nutrition and its associated factors amongst children&rsquo;s (1-5 years) in urban slums of Bhopal city.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.35pt;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:28.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">&nbsp;Methodology-</span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> This study was a cross sectional study conducted in two slum areas of Bhopal from July 2014 to December 2014. Study population comprises all the children from 1year to 5 year of age.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.35pt;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:28.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Result- Total 300 subjects enrolled for this study. Overall prevalence of malnutrition was 26%. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA">Prevalence of Malnutrition was higher in children of 1-3 years, female sex, nuclear family, and children having &ge;3 siblings, illiterate father, and lower socioeconomic status.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.35pt;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:28.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;200%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Conclusion- </span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The current study is focused on assessment of epidemiological dynamics of the malnutrition in the urban slum of the Bhopal city with emphasis on early screening of malnutrition in slum areas</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>