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“STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS IN PALPA DISTRICT, NEPAL: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BAAL VITA”

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Title “STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS IN PALPA DISTRICT, NEPAL: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BAAL VITA”
 
Creator KARKI, DEELIP KUMAR
 
Contributor Bose, Dr. Dipak Kumar
 
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Description Malnutrition has been defined as “a pathological state resulting from a relative or
absolute deficiency or excess of one or more essential nutrients”. Malnutrition is a
silent killer, under-reported, under-addressed public health problem. It does not
only directly affect the children by reducing their physical and mental performance
but also makes the situation worse by making the children susceptible to infection,
recovery is slower and mortality is higher. It is one of the foremost underlying
cause of the child morbidity and mortality. As per the findings of Nepal
Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS, 2016) stunting is 36 per cent, while
underweight and wasting, 27 per cent and 10 per cent respectively.
The main objective of study is to assess the nutritional status of children under 5
years in Palpa district, Nepal: special reference to Baal vita. Palpa district was
selected for the present study. Cross sectional community based study was
conducted where multistage sampling was adopted. A total of 390 respondents, the
mother of the children between the age group 6 months to 5 years, were randomly
selected. Nutritional status was measured by weight in kilogram, with the help of
weighing machine, height of the child was measured with the help of measuring tape
and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) of left hand was measured by using
measuring tape (Shakir tape), also assessed through weight for age (underweight)
and height for age (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) standards. Similarly, 24
hours dietary recall method was adopted to find the dietary intake of children.
Majority of respondents were from 20-29 years of age group most of them were
Hindu. It was observed that one fifth (20.51%) children were mild malnourished
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followed by 5.13 per cent were moderate malnourished on the basis of weight for
age. On the basis of height for age, around one quarter (22.31%) were mildly
impaired, followed by 3.84 per cent were moderately and 1.03 per cent severely
impaired. On the basis of weight for height mild impaired children were 4.62 per
cent, moderate impaired 1.79 per cent and severe impaired were 0.51 per cent.
The association between maternal education and nutritional status of children
(weight for age) is significant. More than three quarter (78.71%) respondents had
received four ANC visit according to schedule. Majority of respondents (80.76%)
had taken full course of iron tablet during pregnancy and after delivery of the 42
days, the child of respondent who had not taken full course of iron tablet is more
likely to be malnourished (OR=5.40, p
 
Date 2018-05-07T10:48:43Z
2018-05-07T10:48:43Z
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810044798
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher SHALOM INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES ALLAHABAD-211007, UP, INDIA