Assessment of Nutrition and Immunization Status of Children Attending to Anganwadis at Field Practice Area of a Rural Medical College, Karnataka

Abstract

India has one of the highest rates of underweight children in the world, whichhasseriousramificationsforillness,mortality,productivityandeconomic growth and malnutrition chiefs to sequence of physiological fluctuations, metabolic anomalies lower tissue and organ function and harm to body mass. Childhood vaccination programs contributed to major reductions in global morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years. India has a large number of unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children. The primary goal of such studies is to determine the extent, kinds and distribution of malnutrition in various geomorphologic locations in order to identify risky groups and control contributory factors. To assess the Nutritional status of children among residents of Devarayasamudra Rural Health Training Center. To find out Immunization status of children among Devarayasamudra Rural Health Training Center. A Cross-sectional study done under Devarayasamudra Rural Health Training Center. Included all children present and villages were selected via convenient sampling technique. Total of ten villages were covered and 90 children were included in the study. Majority (77%) of the children belonged to the age group between 3– 6 years and gender wise they were equally distributed. 36% of participants were having a birth weight below normal, 7.7% of children were screened positive for severe acute malnutrition and 99% of the participants were immunized as per schedule. The present study concluded that 99% of children received all three DTP doses and 1 dose of MRVaccine. Nonetheless, difficulties to increase regular vaccination coverage persist despite significant increases in vaccine coverage between 2000 and 2010.