Publication: Malnutrition Status Among Under - 5 Children in a Hill Community of Nepal
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gaurav, K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Poudel, I S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bhattarai, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pradhan, PMS | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pokharel, PK | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-25T05:58:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-25T05:58:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | Gaurav K, Poudel I S, Bhattarai S, Pradhan PMS, Pokharel PK School of Public Health and Community Medicine B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Background Malnutrition, especially under nutrition puts children at increased risk of morbidity and mortality and remains a serious barrier in child growth, development and survival. This is a major public health problem among under- 5 children in Nepal particularly in rural areas. Objective To assess the burden and contributing factors for malnutrition in hill community of Ilam district in eastern Nepal. Method A cross sectional study was conducted in rural hill communities of Ilam district, Nepal with a sample of 240 under- 5 children. Anthropometric measurements were used as per WHO guidelines to asses three nutritional status: Underweight, Stunting, and Wasting using descriptive statistics and chi square test was applied using SPSS 12.0 to assess social and predisposing factors. Result Seventeen percent of under- 5 children were moderately and 10.4 % were severely underweight. Similarly, 22.9%, and 17.5% were found to be moderately and severely stunted respectively. Less than 10% were found to be moderately and severely wasted. Older age group of children, education level of mother, not exclusive breast feeding practice had significant (p <0.05) effect on stunting. More than 50% children were affected with stunting, underweight and wasting at the same time. Conclusion Significant proportion of under - 5 children were malnourished in the communities of the hilly areas. The study unveiled the importance of literacy and exclusive breast feeding for the prevention of malnutrition in under- 5 children. KEY WORDS Contributing factors, malnutrition, Nepal, under- 5 children. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/2351 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.subject | Contributing factors | |
| dc.subject | Malnutrition | |
| dc.subject | Nepal | |
| dc.subject | Under- 5 children | |
| dc.title | Malnutrition Status Among Under - 5 Children in a Hill Community of Nepal | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 268 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 264 | |
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