Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN ANAKAPUTUR CHENNAI–43”

Brindha. P

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Nutritional status of a population is a prominent reflection of a nation’s economic development and public welfare policies. Malnutrition in its several forms of under nutrition, namely wasting, stunting and underweight has been coined as the “silent emergency” by the United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF).the purpose of the study is to Assess the knowledge regarding prevention of nutritional problems among mother s of under five children in anakaputur at Chennai. The objectives of the study is to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of nutritional problems among mothers of under–five and to assess the level of knowledge among mother of under–five with their selected demographic variables. Evaluative research approach and descriptive design is used. Non–randomised purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample of this study. The sample comprises of 30 mothers of underfive children in anakaputhur, Chennai. The result of the study concluded that that majority4(13%) of them had inadequate knowledge 10(33%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge and them 1(3%)had adequate knowledge

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Brindha.P A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Nutritional Problems Among Mothers of Under Five Children in Anakaputur Chennai-43�. Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 1 January 2016

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