scholarly journals Very High Prevalence of Thinness Among Rural Bengalee Preschool Children of Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Scheme of Sagar Island, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Som Prasad Giri ◽  
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Sadaruddin Biswas ◽  
Kaushik Bose ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Child Development ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Sagar Island ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Very High ◽  
Development Service

scholarly journals Overall burden of under-nutrition measured by a Composite Index in rural pre-school children in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atanu Acharya ◽  
Gopal Chandra Mandal ◽  
Kaushik Bose
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
School Children ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Under Nutrition ◽  
Nutrition Supplementation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Very High ◽  
Development Service

Abstract Malnutrition is a leading cause of child mortality in India. To counteract this problem, a nutrition supplementation programme has been operating under the Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme in India since 1975. Recently, the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) has been implemented to measure the seriousness and severity of overall under-nutrition in a population. Since this index presents a more complete picture than the previous three conventional measures. CIAF is utililized in this study which focuses on the overall burden of under-nutrition determination in pre-school children in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Our study was conducted in 10 Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) centres, commonly known as “Anganwadi”, in the villages of the Argoal Gram Panchayat at Patashpur - II block. The total sample of 225 Bengalee ethnic children aged between 3 and 6 years was composed of 115 girls and 110 boys. The overall age and gender-combined prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting recorded was 30.7%, 42.7% and 12.0%, respectively, and these rates were considered high (30-39%), very high (≥ 40%) and high (10-14%), respectively. CIAF results revealed the same trend, with 50.2% of these children affected by anthropometric failure, with the prevalence of underweight, wasting and CIAF higher in boys than in girls. This 50.2% CIAF result highlighted that approximately half the study children were undernourished. Since this figure is much higher than that estimated by any of the three conventional indicators,, CIAF has thus proven a far better indicator in assessing the overall burden of under-nutrition in a population. The nutritional status of the children in this study requires serious remedial action.

HIGH PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITON AND WORM INFECTION AMONG VAN KIEU AND PAKOH CHILDREN AGED 12-36 MONTHS IN DAKRONG DISTRICT, QUANG TRI PROVINCE

2012 ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
Thi Lan Tran ◽  
Thi Huong Le ◽  
Xuan Ninh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Infection Status ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Group Recommendation ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Very High

Objectives: Assess the nutritional status, worm infection status and some related factors among children aged 12-36 months of Dakrong district, Quang Tri province. Subject and method: A cross sectional study was carried out in 2010, in 680 children aged 12-36 months in 4 communes of Dakrong district, Quang Tri province. Results: The malnutrition rate was 55.0% for underweight, 66.5% for stunting and 16.2% for wasting. The prevalence of malnutrition increases by age group. The prevalence of worm infection was 31.6%, the highest prevalence was belong to Ascaris infection (24.6%), followed by Hookworm and Trichuris (6.5% and 6.2%, respectively). The prevalence of worm infection among children under two is very high (27.0%). The prevalence of worm infection was distributed quite equally between the malnutrition children group and normal children group. Recommendation: Early deworming forchildren from 12 months should be considered as important strategy against the malnutrition of children in Dakrong district, Quang Tri province

Prevalence of clinical and sub-clinical vitamin a deficiency among rural preschool children of West Bengal, India

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Arlappa ◽  
N. Balakrishna ◽  
A. Laxmaiah ◽  
K. Madhavan Nair ◽  
G. N. V. Brahmam
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency

Preschoolers' Imaginativeness: Subtypes, Correlates, and Maladaptive Extremes

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roni Beth Tower
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Healthy Child ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Negative Implication

In a study of forty-three preschool children, ratings of four types of the children's imaginativeness were correlated with observational, behavioral, and interview measures. Research questions were: 1) Do correlates of imaginativeness found in observational studies replicate if trait rather than state measures are examined? 2) Do different types of imaginativeness have different correlates? and 3) What characteristics distinguish children at the maladaptive extremes of imaginativeness from those at more moderate levels? The conceptual and empirical utility of considering imaginativeness to have two dimensions, Expressive and Constructive, was demonstrated. While optimal levels of Constructive Imaginativeness correlated significantly with other indices of healthy child development, the correlations were fewer and tended to be weaker for Expressive Imaginativeness. The negative implication of extremes was documented.

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