TY - JOUR
T1 - Health status of under five children living in urban slums
AU - Roja, V. R.
AU - Galhotra, Abhiruchi
AU - Rajan, Ancil V.
AU - Malarout, Namesh
AU - Pateria, Shilpa
AU - Kamath, Rajesh
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - The primary objective of the research was to study the health status of children under the age of 5 years living in urban slums. This study included 224 under-five Children living in urban slums of Udupi Taluk, Karnataka. A total of 17 urban slums were selected randomly. Cluster random sampling was used. A total of 224 under-five children participated in the study. The mean age of the children was 28±1.6 months. The majority were boys (58.5%). Among the 224 children assessed in this study only 8.5% could be classified as healthy,40.6% as moderately healthy and 54.5% as unhealthy. In this study, we found that the overall health status of children aged between 1 month to 60 months based on morbidity, immunization status and nutrition status was unhealthy.
AB - The primary objective of the research was to study the health status of children under the age of 5 years living in urban slums. This study included 224 under-five Children living in urban slums of Udupi Taluk, Karnataka. A total of 17 urban slums were selected randomly. Cluster random sampling was used. A total of 224 under-five children participated in the study. The mean age of the children was 28±1.6 months. The majority were boys (58.5%). Among the 224 children assessed in this study only 8.5% could be classified as healthy,40.6% as moderately healthy and 54.5% as unhealthy. In this study, we found that the overall health status of children aged between 1 month to 60 months based on morbidity, immunization status and nutrition status was unhealthy.
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U2 - 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01340.2
DO - 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01340.2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056205218
SN - 0976-0245
VL - 9
SP - 195
EP - 201
JO - Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
JF - Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
IS - 10
ER -
