ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND FAMILY WELFARE EXPENDITURE IN INDIA: A STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY DATA

Anemia is the most prevalent deficiency disease and one among the major nutrition related goals globally. Children and women of reproductive age are the most vulnerable groups for anemia everywhere. While there are various nutritional and non-nutritional factors causing anemia, Iron deficiency is the most prominent of them. In India, more than half population of preschool age children and reproductive age women is suffering from anemia. Indian government had started anemia prophylaxis efforts a half century ago and still continuing to battle with this ever prevalent disease to bring down its occurrence. National Family Health Survey is the large-scale survey conducted in India to provide high-quality data on health and family welfare and related emerging issues. The data provided not only helps in formulation, revision and monitoring of the policies and programs but in situating the development of India globally. Studying the time trend for anemia prevalence and other related parameters reported in NFHS surveys helps how well India has performed until now and how far is from its goal to become Anemia free country. Keywords: Anemia, iron deficiency, health survey, child health, maternal health.

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Co-existence of diabetes and TB among adults in India: a study based on National Family Health Survey data

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932020000516 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Apyayee Sil ◽

Dinabandhu Patra ◽

Preeti Dhillon ◽

Padmanesan Narasimhan

Keyword(s):

Health Survey ◽

Family Health ◽

State Level ◽

Self Report ◽

National Family Health Survey ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Co Morbidity ◽

National Family ◽

Robust Poisson Regression

Abstract Multiple studies suggest that diabetes mellitus (DM) is a potential risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) development and treatment, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The study aimed to test concomitancy between DM and TB among adults in India. Data were from the 2015–16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4). The study sample comprised 107,575 men aged 15–54 and 677,292 women aged 15–49 for which data on DM status were available in the survey. The association between state-level prevalence of TB and DM was examined and robust Poisson regression analysis applied to examine the effect of DM on TB. A high prevalence of TB was observed among individuals with diabetes in India in 2015–16. A total of 866 per 100,000 men and 405 per 100,000 women who self-reported having diabetes also had TB; among those who self-reported not having diabetes the ratios were 407 per 100,000 men and 241 per 100,000 women. The risk of having TB among those who self-reported having DM was higher for both men (2.03, 95% CI: 1.26, 3.28) and women (1.79, 95% CI: 1.48, 2.49) than for those who did not self-report having DM. Adults who were diagnosed with diabetes (including pre-diabetes) also had a higher rate of TB (477 per 100,000 men and 331 per 100,000 women) than those who were not diagnosed (410 per 100,000 men and 239 per 100,000 women). Adults from poor families, with lower BMIs, lower levels of literacy and who were not working had a higher risk of TB–DM co-morbidity. The state-level pattern of co-morbidity, the under-reporting of DM (undiagnosed) and TB stigmatization are discussed. The study confirms that diabetes is an important co-morbid feature with TB in India, and reinforces the need to raise awareness on screening for the co-existence of DM and TB with integrated health programmes for the two conditions.

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Global hunger index of India based on National family health survey-IV with special reference to some states and critical review

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20173323 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (8) ◽

pp. 2783

Author(s):

Ashish Wasudeo Khobragade ◽

K. Rajan

Keyword(s):

Health Survey ◽

Data Entry ◽

Family Health ◽

Secondary Data ◽

State Level ◽

National Family Health Survey ◽

Indian States ◽

National Family ◽

Different Types ◽

New Formula

Background: India is facing serious hunger situation now. Factors responsible for this hunger situation are different. This study focuses on hunger situation in 4 different states of India and remedial measures.Methods: Secondary data was collected from National Family Health Survey-IV (NFHS). Data entry was done in excel sheet. GHI was calculated using new formula given by IFPRI.Results: There are wide disparities in hunger situation in Indian states. Madhya Pradesh is in alarming state of hunger.Conclusions: Hunger situation in Indian states varies from states to states. Different types of interventions are required at each state level to improve the overall hunger situation.

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Spatial Pattern of Maternal Health in Northeastern States, India-evidence from national family health survey 4 (2015-16)

Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.21276/apjhs.2017.4.2.25 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 147-156 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kh. Jitenkumar Singh ◽

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Swati Kadian ◽

Amandeep Kaur ◽

Kiran Saini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Maternal Health ◽

Spatial Pattern ◽

Health Survey ◽

Family Health ◽

National Family Health Survey ◽

National Family

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Inequalities in utilisation of maternal health services in urban India: Evidences from national family health survey-4

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health ◽

10.1016/j.cegh.2020.11.005 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 100672

Author(s):

Balhasan Ali ◽

Paramita Debnath ◽

Tarique Anwar

Keyword(s):

Maternal Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Health Survey ◽

Family Health ◽

Maternal Health Services ◽

National Family Health Survey ◽

Urban India ◽

National Family

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Missed opportunities for delivering nutrition interventions in first 1000 days of life in India: insights from the National Family Health Survey, 2006 and 2016

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003717 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. e003717

Author(s):

Phuong Hong Nguyen ◽

Rasmi Avula ◽

Lan Mai Tran ◽

Vani Sethi ◽

Alok Kumar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Survey ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Family Health ◽

Universal Coverage ◽

National Family Health Survey ◽

Nutrition Interventions ◽

Missed Opportunities ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

National Family ◽

Opportunity Gaps

ObjectivesExisting health and community nutrition systems have the potential to deliver many nutrition interventions. However, the coverage of nutrition interventions across the delivery platforms of these systems has not been uniform. We (1) examined the opportunity gaps between delivery platforms and corresponding nutrition interventions through the continuum of care in India between 2006 and 2016 and and (2) assessed inequalities in these opportunity gaps.MethodsWe used two rounds of the National Family Health Survey data from 2005 to 2006 and 2015–2016 (n=36 850 and 190 898 mother–child dyads, respectively). We examine the opportunity gaps over time for seven nutrition interventions and their associated delivery platforms at national and state levels. We assessed equality and changes in equality between 2006 and 2016 for opportunity gaps by education, residence, socioeconomic status (SES), public and private platforms.ResultsCoverage of nutrition interventions was consistently lower than the reach of their associated delivery platforms; opportunity gaps ranging from 9 to 32 percentage points (pp) during the pregnancy, 17 pp during delivery and 9–26 pp during childhood in 2006. Between 2006 and 2016, coverage improved for most indicators, but coverage increases for nutrition interventions was lower than for associated delivery platforms. The opportunity gaps were larger among women with higher education (22–57 pp in 2016), higher SES status and living in urban areas (23–57 pp), despite higher coverage of most interventions and the delivery platforms among these groups. Opportunity gaps vary tremendously by state with the highest gaps observed in Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar islands, and Punjab for different indicators.ConclusionsIndia’s progress in coverage of health and nutrition interventions in the last decade is promising, but both opportunity and equality gaps remained. It is critical to close these gaps by addressing policy and programmatic delivery systems bottlenecks to achieve universal coverage for both health and nutrition within the delivery system.

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