Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Background: Malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of India and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. Objectives: Aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. Study design: A cross sect...
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| description | Background: Malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of India and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. Objectives: Aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. Study design: A cross sectional study. Study subjects: Lodha tribal children aged 1-5 years. Sample size: A total of 141 children were included in the present study. Data collection: Data was collected in pre-structured questionnaire, which included household socio-demographic data, morbidity status of child and anthropometric measurements like height, weight. Results: The overall prevalence of malnutrition in the form of underweight, stunting, wasting and overweight was 40.4%, 29.8%, 34.0%, 5.0%, respectively. According to the WHO classification of severity of malnutrition, the overall prevalence of underweight and wasting was very high, indicating a critical situation. The reported morbidity was 20.6% and majority of children suffered from diarrhoea (7.8%). The results revealed that morbidity status, number of sibling, mother literacy status had significant association on underweight More importantly; rate of underweight was significantly higher among children who had reported morbidity, no of sibs 3 and above and or illiterate mothers. They had 3.7, 2.15 and 2.81 times greater risk of being underweight. Similarly, children having morbidity had more than 3 times greater chance of developing wasting. Conclusion: The Lodha pre-school children were suffering from nutritional stress which was associated with reported morbidity, mother’s lack of education and high number of siblings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8e8c4ac79ae48e193d037c1a5acbae22022-12-22T04:20:09ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Pediatrics2345-50472345-50552014-11-0124.213213363Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, IndiaSamiran Bisai0Dilip Mahalanabis1Amitava Sen2Kaushik Bose3Society for Applied Studies, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaSociety for Applied Studies, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaSociety for Applied Studies, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.Background: Malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of India and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. Objectives: Aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. Study design: A cross sectional study. Study subjects: Lodha tribal children aged 1-5 years. Sample size: A total of 141 children were included in the present study. Data collection: Data was collected in pre-structured questionnaire, which included household socio-demographic data, morbidity status of child and anthropometric measurements like height, weight. Results: The overall prevalence of malnutrition in the form of underweight, stunting, wasting and overweight was 40.4%, 29.8%, 34.0%, 5.0%, respectively. According to the WHO classification of severity of malnutrition, the overall prevalence of underweight and wasting was very high, indicating a critical situation. The reported morbidity was 20.6% and majority of children suffered from diarrhoea (7.8%). The results revealed that morbidity status, number of sibling, mother literacy status had significant association on underweight More importantly; rate of underweight was significantly higher among children who had reported morbidity, no of sibs 3 and above and or illiterate mothers. They had 3.7, 2.15 and 2.81 times greater risk of being underweight. Similarly, children having morbidity had more than 3 times greater chance of developing wasting. Conclusion: The Lodha pre-school children were suffering from nutritional stress which was associated with reported morbidity, mother’s lack of education and high number of siblings.http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3363_8ddd5ccef67fb44691c3017ed2a0ea7e.htmlMalnutritionmorbiditysiblingpreschool childrenTribeLodha |
| spellingShingle | Samiran Bisai Dilip Mahalanabis Amitava Sen Kaushik Bose Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India International Journal of Pediatrics Malnutrition morbidity sibling preschool children Tribe Lodha |
| title | Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India |
| title_full | Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India |
| title_fullStr | Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India |
| title_short | Maternal Education, Reported Morbidity and Number of Siblings are Associated with Malnutrition among Lodha Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India |
| title_sort | maternal education reported morbidity and number of siblings are associated with malnutrition among lodha preschool children of paschim medinipur west bengal india |
| topic | Malnutrition morbidity sibling preschool children Tribe Lodha |
| url | http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3363_8ddd5ccef67fb44691c3017ed2a0ea7e.html |
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