scholarly journals Impact of Environmental Sanitation and Hygienic Practices on Nutritional Status of Lodha Women and Children of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Prasanta Sabud ◽  
Tarapada Ghosh ◽  
Arup Dhar ◽  
Sarnali Dutta ◽  
Samiran Bisai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Child Undernutrition ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Aim To assess the sanitation and hygienic practices of women and its effects on the nutritional status of the mother and preschool children of the Lodha tribal community in two districts of West Bengal. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted during November, 2014 - December, 2018 of 941 Lodha mothers and 1043 of their preschool children in Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts. All information was collected by using KAP questionnaire following interview and group discussion. Mother nutritional status was assessed based on body mass index (BMI) and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC). A child was classified as underweight, stunting and wasting as weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-of -height Z-score below -2 standard deviation of WHO standard. Results This study found 35% of the households used safe drinking water. Almost 97.2% of the mother had the low hand wash score and about 67.1% of them had an average WaSH score. Overall, 41.6% and 1.6% mothers were suffered from undernutrition (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) and overweight/obesity (BMI≥25kg/m2). Whereas, 48.9% women were undernourished based on MUAC<22.0cm. Moreover, the overall prevalence of wasting, stunting and underweight of preschool children was 31.9%, 62.1% and 61.3%, respectively. The WaSH score of family was significantly associated with child stunted and underweight. Conclusion There is a good association between poor household WaSH practices with child undernutrition and morbidity. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop the comprehensive knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) guidelines in their language to educate them about appropriate water storage, retrieval methods, sanitation and hand washing practices.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Thinness among Santal Preschool Children Using New Body Mass Index Cut-Off Points

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Subal Das ◽  
Kaushik Bose
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Purulia District

A community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of undernutrition using body mass index (BMI) among 2–6-year Santal preschool children of Purulia District, West Bengal, India. A total of 251 (116 boys and 135 girls) children from 12 villages were measured. Commonly used indicators, that is, weight, height, and BMI, were used to evaluate the nutritional status. More boys (59.5%) than girls (53.3%), based on BMI, were undernourished. Significant age differences in weight (F=44.29∗∗∗; df=3), height (F=58.48∗∗∗; df=3), and BMI (F=3.52∗∗∗; df=3) among boys were observed. Similarly, significant differences between ages in mean weight (F=56.27∗∗∗; df=3), height (F=64.76∗∗∗; df=3), and BMI (F=2.62∗∗∗; df=3) were observed among the girls. The present study revealed that the nutritional status of the preschool children of Santal tribal community of these villages was poor with very high rate of thinness in boys and girls (59.5% and 53.3%, resp.).

scholarly journals Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices and nutritional status of children under 5 years in a tribal community of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 3982
Author(s):  
Sanika R. Patil ◽  
Murlidhar P. Tambe ◽  
Malangori A. Parande ◽  
Aditi M. Patil ◽  
Rigved V. Jeurkar
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Complementary Feeding ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The People ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Background: Breastfeeding is the single most effective preventive intervention for improving the survival of children. Hence, the purpose of this research study to capture the firsthand breastfeeding perceptions and practices and nutritional status of children in tribal community of Nandurbar district (Maharashtra, India).Methods: This was community based cross-sectional study carried out on parents of 100 children. A house to house survey was conducted and either one or both the parents were interviewed regarding ‘Early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding’ using a pretested, predesigned questionnaire after obtaining written informed consent. Every child below 5 years went through anthropometric measurements like mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), length/height and weight and was categorized as normal/MAM/SAM. The data was analyzed using Microsoft Excel and ENA (Emergency Nutrition Assessment) for SMART software.Results: 85% mothers were aware of right breastfeeding practices but only 30% babies received breastfeeding within first hour of birth and 72% children were exclusively breastfed till 6 months. Practice of healthy breast feeding was significantly associated with education of mother and awareness of breast feeding. It was found that prevalence of malnourishment was more among children not receiving exclusive breast feeding.Conclusions: The importance of breastfeeding is not well recognized by the people living in tribal area as there was a gap between knowledge and practice. There were various medical, social and psychological barriers for breastfeeding. Doctors, family members, television and ASHA have majorly contributed in spreading awareness.

Nutritional status as a determinant of cognitive development among preschool children in South-Western Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 1568-1578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oyepeju Mary Onifade ◽  
Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo ◽  
Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi ◽  
Titus Ayodeji Oyedele ◽  
Ademola Richard Akinlade
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

Purpose – Improving the health of children under the age of five is one of the main objectives of primary healthcare services in most developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to identify the nutritional status of children under the age of five and its impact on cognitive function. Design/methodology/approach – The cross-sectional study was carried out in a semi-urban community in south-western Nigeria. The sample consisted of 220 school children under the age of five. Anthropometric measurements including weight, height and mid arm circumference were carried out to determine the nutritional status of the children. Cognitive function of the children was assessed using a developmental checklist developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and their performance was graded as good, fair and poor. Findings – The overall prevalence of malnutrition in this study was low with stunting, underweight and wasting recording 8.2, 6.8 and 1.8 percent, respectively thereby making stunting the most common malnutrition indicator in this study. A large proportion of the children (88.6 percent) had good cognitive performance while 11.4 and 5.5 percent had fair and poor cognitive performance, respectively. Among the various malnutrition indicators measured in this study, stunting was found to have a statistically significant association with cognitive development (p=0.005).Stunted children have multiple functional disadvantages that persist throughout childhood and poor nutrition almost certainly plays a role. This paper calls for a need for the Nigerian Government to intervene by ensuring that policies are implemented that will ensure that health and nutritional needs of preschool children are guaranteed right from conception. Originality/value – In view of the importance of nutrition for cognition in children, this research has shown that the cognitive function of preschool children can be affected by stunting and it has contributed to global data on nutrition and cognition particularly in South-Western Nigeria.

scholarly journals FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI STATUS GIZI ANAK BALITA DI KABUPATEN TIMOR TENGAH UTARA, PROVINSI NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Hadi Riyadi ◽  
Drajat Martianto ◽  
Dwi Hastuti ◽  
Evy Damayanthi ◽  
Kukuh Murtilaksono
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Child Malnutrition ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Severe Stunting ◽  
Significant Difference

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 5.65pt 6pt 14.2pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1cm;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">This </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">research</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> aim</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">s</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> to analyze underlying factors affecting child malnutrition at Timor Tengah Utara district, NTT. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> design was a cross-sectional study. Sample of this study was household that have underfive years old children residing in the areas of Plan International. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire, focus group discussion and in-depth interview. Nutritional status was measured using anthropometric measurement with weight and height indicators and child consumption was recorded using 24 hours food’s recall. Result showed that in three villages prevalence of malnourished children was high, which were 6</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">0% classified as severe underweight, 15</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">3% severe stunting and 0</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">7% severe wasting. There was no significant difference in term of nutritional status. Child malnutrition was influenced by low access to nutrition and health information</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> low nutrition knowledge and practices</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> and low family income</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="en" xml:lang="en">.</span></p>

scholarly journals Ethnic Variations in Nutritional Status among Preschool Children in Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 4060
Author(s):  
Thi Tuyet Le ◽  
Thi Thuy Dung Le ◽  
Nam Khanh Do ◽  
V. Savvina Nadezhda ◽  
M. Grjibovski Andrej ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

(1) Background: Vietnam is a multiethnic country undergoing rapid economic development, the improvement in nutritional status in preschool children is not equally shared by all ethnic groups; (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed from September–December 2018 on 16,177 children aged 24–60 months representing Kinh (n = 14421), Muong (n = 1307) and Tay (n = 449) ethnic groups. Prevalence of malnutrition, overweight, obesity and anthropometric indices were compared across ethnic groups, using WHO 2006 child growth standards; (3) Results: The prevalence of malnutrition among children of Kinh, Muong and Tay origins was 14.7%, 34.3% and 43.2%, respectively. The corresponding data for overweight was 5.5%, 2.7%, 2.2% and for obesity 2.8%, 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively. The prevalence of stunting remained the highest in three subtypes of malnutrition in all ethnic groups. Kinh children were heavier and taller than the other groups, while Muong children were taller than Tay children (p-value < 0.001); and (4) Conclusions: Malnutrition remains a major public health issue among children of minor ethnicities while overweight and obesity is an emerging challenge for the Kinh ethnic group. The results imply that a community-based intervention should be specific to ethnicity to reduce the gap in nutritional status between ethnic groups in Vietnam.

scholarly journals Dental caries and the nutritional status of preschool children: a spatial analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 4161-4168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos ◽  
Edson Augusto Melanda ◽  
Juliana da Silva Antunes ◽  
Ana Lígia Rozato Foschini
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Spatial Dependence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Regionalized Variables ◽  
Dmft Index

OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study sought to conduct a spatially analysis of the distribution of dental caries and the nutritional status (NS) of 5-year-old preschool children of public schools in the city of Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: The sample was selected in a stratified probabilistic manner. A dental examination was conducted to investigate the dmft index. The anthropometric indicators of the weight/height (W/H), height/age (H/A), weight/age (W/A) and body mass index (BMI) were calculated to estimate the NS. A descriptive statistical analysis was conducted and a thematic map was created. At the end of the study 491 children had full address codification. A GPS device was used to ascertain the geographic reference points. A pluri-directional semi-variogram was elaborated. RESULTS: It was revealed that both variables presented a pure nugget effect showing the absence of a spatial correlation, in other words the dmft and nutritional status are not regionalized variables, and their values do not reveal direct spatial dependence. CONCLUSIONS: Dental caries and nutritional status are health conditions that do not reveal spatial dependence. Ultimately, the combination of these indicators with others can produce spatial dependence effects.

scholarly journals The association between somatotype and nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among the adult Sabar males of Purulia, West Bengal, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaustav Das ◽  
Koel Mukherjee ◽  
Sayak Ganguli ◽  
Somosree Pal ◽  
Subrata Sankar Bagchi
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Body Type ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test

AbstractSomatotype is the parameter used to determine the body composition, which is influenced by several factors and nutrition is the crucial one. This study aimed to determine somatotype and nutritional status as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation to the age and nutritional status among the adult males of Sabar community living in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. The present cross-sectional study included 334 Sabar males aged between 18 to 60 years. Anthropometric measurements including height, weight, 2 breadths, 2 circumferences and 4 skinfolds were taken following standard protocol. Somatotype was determined following the Heath-Carter method and Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to access the level of nutrition. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Pearson correlation, Spearman correlation and Chi-square test were performed to find out variation, correlation and association of the somatype components with age and nutritional categories. Prior ethical clearance had been obtained. As a result, the trend of undernutrition was gradually increasing with age and found highest among aged people (50–60 years) with an overall prevalence of 49.7%. Eleven different somatotype subgroups were identified. The mean somatotype of the participants was 2.3–3.6-3.9 which indicates mesomorph-ectomorph body type. Kruskal-Wallis H test revealed significant differences among somatotype components in different nutritional categories. Undernutrition was found highest among the mesomorphic ectomorph (62.7%) type. Chi-square test stated significant association between somatotype categories and nutritional statuses (Chi-square = 283.160, p < 0.01). This is the first reporting on the somatotype study among the Sabar community, where the dominant body type was found mesomorph-ectomorph. A highly significant correlation was found between somatotype and BMI. At the same time, this study expressed the need for immediate nutritional intervention.

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