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Nutritional status and immunization coverage of the Anganwadi children in the Urban Training Health Centre of Travancore Medical College, Kollam

Dr. Sumit Datta, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala, India, Dr. Abraham Jobby, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala, India
2016 Public health review : international journal of public health research  

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Adequate nutrition is an indispensable component of healthy life and access to healthy diet and optimum nutrition are key components of physical, mental and social development for a child. Objective: To assess the Nutritional status among the anganwadi children in the Urban Training Health Centre and to observe the details of the immunization coverage among the same population. Materials and Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted in seven anganwadi centers, which are selected
more » ... y convenient sampling. Nutritional status and immunization status was assessed among all the children by a pretested structured questionnaire and analyzed by applying SPSS. Results: Undernourished children in the Anganwadis under study were 15%. DPT booster (16-24months) and DT Booster (5-6 years) were 75% and 3% respectively. Conclusion: We recommend that the low coverage of DPT booster must be immediately corrected in a situation where diphtheria outbreaks are reported from different parts of Kerala.
doi:10.17511/ijphr.2016.i1.06 fatcat:fagqis5pmjcffh7ujc73xbqub4
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Dr. Sumit Datta, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala, India, Dr. Abraham Jobby, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala, India. "Nutritional status and immunization coverage of the Anganwadi children in the Urban Training Health Centre of Travancore Medical College, Kollam." Public health review : international journal of public health research 3.1 (2016) 27-31