D. Sumit
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Travancore Medical College, Kollam.

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ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS UNDER THE INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: in The Field Practice Area of Rural Training Health Centre, Nadayara, Travancore Medical College, Kollam-India Sumit, D.; Abraham, and J.
INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Vol 7 No 2 (2013): IJBS Vol2 No2
Publisher : Udayana University

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Assessment of health and nutritional status was carried out in Anganwadi Children in the Field Practice Area of Rural Training Health Centre, Nadayara, Travancore Medical College, Kollam. This is a cross sectional study within community base setting. Data were collected by a pretested structured questionnaire and analyzed by applying SPSS. Undernourished children in the Anganwadis under study were 21 %. Growth pattern of these children were significantly associated with the birth weight and the episodes of diarrhea. A significant proportion of children are missing the booster doses. DPT booster (16-24 months) is only 74.1 % and DT booster (5-6 years) is only a meager of 13.6%