Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

A Study on Assessment of Nutritional Status of Under five Children using Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) in a Rural Area of Singur Block, Hooghly district, West Bengal

Dr. Manjula M, Dr Bhaswati Sengupta, Dr. Lina Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Aparajita Dasgupta, Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Dr. Sembagamuthu Sembiah

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 Background: Reduction in malnutrition is the indirect MDG related goal to improve the child health. The most common problem among underfive children in India is undernutrition.. therefore this study was done to find out the prevalence of under–nutrition among the under–five children and also to find out the determinants of undernutrition using CIAF.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in rural Bengal among under five children, WHO z score system and CIAF classification was used to categorise the nutritional status. Results:  Out of 182 children  (47.5%) were undernourished and the undernutrition was more prevalent among girls (46.8%). After adjusting with other variables in a multivariable logistic regression model, family type, exclusive eastfeeding less than six months, and low education level of mother were significantly associated with under–nutrition. Conclusion: So,  CIAF can be used in growth monitoring by frontline health workers to attain the MDG goal in future. Key words : undernutrition, wasting, CIAF, stunting

 

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Dr. Manjula M, Dr Bhaswati Sengupta, Dr. Lina Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Aparajita Dasgupta, Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Dr. Sembagamuthu Sembiah, A Study on Assessment of Nutritional Status of Under five Children using Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) in a Rural Area of Singur Block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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