Epidemiology of Diarrhea among under-five Children in a Village in Sunderbans, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Kunal Kanti Majumdar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children

scholarly journals Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis among under-five children in a rural community of Purba Bardhaman District, West Bengal

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
Soumalya Ray ◽  
Saptarshi Banerjee ◽  
Prabha Shrivastava ◽  
DilipKumar Das
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children ◽  
Intestinal Parasitosis

scholarly journals Assessment of under nutrition with composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) among under-five children in a rural area of West Bengal, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keya Roy ◽  
Aparajita Dasgupta ◽  
Nivedita Roychoudhury ◽  
Lina Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Shamita Mandal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Under Five Children

Background: Malnutrition among under-five children is an important public health problem in developing countries, and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India, hence the present study was conducted to find out the nutritional status of under-five children and to elicit the factors associated with it.Methods: This community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 142 under-five children during May to June 2017 in the areas under the jurisdiction of Nasibpur Primary Health Centre, Singur, West Bengal, India. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, feeding habits and other biological factors were obtained from structured questionnaire, followed by anthropometric measurement. Assessment of nutritional status of the children was done with the help of Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF). Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed to analyse the data by using SPSS version 16.0.Results: The mean (standard deviation) age of the sample was 28.4 (±15.2) months. About 36.1% children were found to have anthropometric failure using CIAF (wasting only 2.1%, wasting and underweight 14.5%, wasting, stunting and underweight 5.5%, stunting and underweight 6.3%, stunting only 4.9%, underweight only 2.8%). Education of mother [AOR = 3.6 (1.2–10.8)], birth order [AOR = 3.7 (1.4-9.9)], and exclusive breast feeding practice [AOR = 7.3 (2.9–18.1)] remained the significant correlates when adjusted with other variables in the multivariable analysis.Conclusions: The high prevalence of malnutrition in the community requires multipronged approach regarding nutritional education, intensive information education and communication (IEC) activities for exclusive breast feeding through antenatal clinics and adoption of family planning methods.

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