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Follow-up assessment of under-nourished children under integrated child development services scheme in tapi district, India
IJPM-International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014; 5 (6): 758-766
de En | IMEMR | ID: emr-147073
Bibliothèque responsable: EMRO
India shares the largest burden of under-nutrition in world. The aim of this study was to conduct follow-up assessment of under-nourished children attending anganwadi center [AWC]. This was a retrospective cohort study conducted in 50 AWC of Tapi district. Total 529 children aged 1-6 years diagnosed as under-nourished before 1 year were included. Pre-structured questionnaire was used for present day assessment of these children followed by Epi-info mediated analysis. Children of literate mothers had higher weight gain. Ninety percent of children attended anganwadi regularly, however 25% of children dropped out for more than 1 month. In 1 year, growth had faltered in 20% children and was stagnant in 63% of them. Children who were treated for under-nutrition; that completed course at Child Development and Nutrition Center; and whose parents were counseled about the under-nourished status of child had higher weight gain than their counterparts. Parents of under-nourished children must be counseled about the nutritional status of their child. In cases of under-nourished child, referral to higher center must be ensured by health worker. Supplementary feeding as a long-term solution to country's under-nutrition problem should be studied in detail with the alternative solutions
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Indice: IMEMR Type d'étude: Observational_studies / Qualitative_research langue: En Texte intégral: Int. J. Prev. Med. Année: 2014
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Indice: IMEMR Type d'étude: Observational_studies / Qualitative_research langue: En Texte intégral: Int. J. Prev. Med. Année: 2014