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Introduction: Under five children are vulnerable population in the community with respect to maln... more Introduction: Under five children are vulnerable population in the community with respect to malnutrition especially those residing in urban slums. Malnutrition is a major contributing factor for under five deaths. Objective: This study was done to know the prevalence of under nutrition and its determinants in children between 1-5 years of age. Materials and Method: This cross sectional study was conducted from June 1 2015 to August 31st 2015. Based on prevalence of underweight (48.1%) in a study done in Gulbarga, Karnataka, a sample of 109 Children between 1-5years age group residing in urban field practice area and enrolled in anganwadi were recruited using simple random technique. Mothers of these children were interviewed using predesigned, Pretested, Semi-structured proforma after taking informed consent. Under nutrition was graded using WHO 2006 anthropometric standards. Data was analyzed by using Open Epi software. Result: Prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting were ...
Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine, 2019
Hb status and anthropometric measurements. Data compiled and tabulated by using MS EXCEL and anal... more Hb status and anthropometric measurements. Data compiled and tabulated by using MS EXCEL and analysed, using percentages and chi square test. Result: Anemia was observed in 89% of adolescent girls. Among them 23% had mild anemia, 63% had moderate and 3% had severe anemia. Adolescent girls from rural areas attending college had more thinness i.e. 22.8% compared to urban girls (5.6%) whereas severe thinness was observed more in urban girls(13.5%) than rural girls(4.3%) which was statistically significant(p<0.009). Conclusion: The study revealed that majority of the adolescent girls had anemia. Hence early diagnosis of anemia is needed so that prompt interventions can be done in the way of health education and supplementation.
IP innovative publication pvt. ltd, 2019
Introduction: Among adolescents, girls are a doubly vulnerable group due to deep-rooted gender di... more Introduction: Among adolescents, girls are a doubly vulnerable group due to deep-rooted gender discrimination and other socio-cultural factors that are prevailing in our Indian society. Objective: To study the factors influencing body mass index of adolescent girls residing in the urban field practice area of S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot. Study design: A Community based cross sectional study. Setting: Field practice area of urban health training center, Department of Community Medicine, S. Nijalingappa Medical College in Bagalkot. Participants: 400 unmarried adolescent girls. Sampling: Systematic random sampling. Statistical Analysis: Data was tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed by using Open Epi software. P-value was calculated using chi-square test and difference was accepted significant at more than 95% (p-value <0.05). Results: Factors significantly associated with thinness were mother’s literacy, family size, mid day meal and dietary intake less than RDA (p<...
Introduction: Under five children are vulnerable population in the community with respect to maln... more Introduction: Under five children are vulnerable population in the community with respect to malnutrition especially those residing in urban slums. Malnutrition is a major contributing factor for under five deaths. Objective: This study was done to know the prevalence of under nutrition and its determinants in children between 1-5 years of age. Materials and Method: This cross sectional study was conducted from June 1 2015 to August 31st 2015. Based on prevalence of underweight (48.1%) in a study done in Gulbarga, Karnataka, a sample of 109 Children between 1-5years age group residing in urban field practice area and enrolled in anganwadi were recruited using simple random technique. Mothers of these children were interviewed using predesigned, Pretested, Semi-structured proforma after taking informed consent. Under nutrition was graded using WHO 2006 anthropometric standards. Data was analyzed by using Open Epi software. Result: Prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting were ...
Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine, 2019
Hb status and anthropometric measurements. Data compiled and tabulated by using MS EXCEL and anal... more Hb status and anthropometric measurements. Data compiled and tabulated by using MS EXCEL and analysed, using percentages and chi square test. Result: Anemia was observed in 89% of adolescent girls. Among them 23% had mild anemia, 63% had moderate and 3% had severe anemia. Adolescent girls from rural areas attending college had more thinness i.e. 22.8% compared to urban girls (5.6%) whereas severe thinness was observed more in urban girls(13.5%) than rural girls(4.3%) which was statistically significant(p<0.009). Conclusion: The study revealed that majority of the adolescent girls had anemia. Hence early diagnosis of anemia is needed so that prompt interventions can be done in the way of health education and supplementation.
IP innovative publication pvt. ltd, 2019
Introduction: Among adolescents, girls are a doubly vulnerable group due to deep-rooted gender di... more Introduction: Among adolescents, girls are a doubly vulnerable group due to deep-rooted gender discrimination and other socio-cultural factors that are prevailing in our Indian society. Objective: To study the factors influencing body mass index of adolescent girls residing in the urban field practice area of S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot. Study design: A Community based cross sectional study. Setting: Field practice area of urban health training center, Department of Community Medicine, S. Nijalingappa Medical College in Bagalkot. Participants: 400 unmarried adolescent girls. Sampling: Systematic random sampling. Statistical Analysis: Data was tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed by using Open Epi software. P-value was calculated using chi-square test and difference was accepted significant at more than 95% (p-value <0.05). Results: Factors significantly associated with thinness were mother’s literacy, family size, mid day meal and dietary intake less than RDA (p<...