A Study of Socio–Demographic Profile amongst  the Female Migrant Labourers and Assessment of  Health, Nutritional and Immunization Status of  their Children in Campus of Civil Hospital, A'bad

Dr. Krunal Varia; Dr. Kriti Agarwal; Dr. Abhas Shah; Dr. Kirti Rahul; Dr. Monark Vyas; Dr. Rajshree Bhatt

Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

A Study of Socio–Demographic Profile amongst the Female Migrant Labourers and Assessment of Health, Nutritional and Immunization Status of their Children in Campus of Civil Hospital, A'bad

Dr. Krunal Varia, Dr. Kriti Agarwal, Dr. Abhas Shah, Dr. Kirti Rahul, Dr. Monark Vyas, Dr. Rajshree Bhatt

Abstract :

Introduction: Construction workers are more vulnerable to health and social issues. The present study assessed the Maternal and child health issues among migratory families. Materials and Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted at the construction sites of Civil Hospital campus during November 2011- Feuary 2012. Interviews of all the female workers living at the sites were taken with the help of a pre-designed and pre-tested structured questionnaire. Total 72 migrant females and 60 children formed the study population. Results: The mean age at marriage was 17 years and the illiteracy rate was around 66% in the female workers. The prevalence of underweight, wasting and stunting among their children were 63.3%, 51% and 35% respectively, proportion of children exclusively east fed upto 6 Months was 88.33% and 6.67% children were found fully immunized.