Maternal Formal Education in Association with Nutritional Status of Children (Less-than Two Years)
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Nutrition - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Child undernutrition is a serious public health problem in children of less than two years. It has been linked with different factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the association of maternal formal education with the nutritional status of children. A total of 200 children (aged ≤ 2 years) and their mothers were selected for this study. ENA (Emergency nutrition assessment) and SPSS (version 16.0) software’s were used for analysis. Results: Results showed that majority (58.5%) of mothers were illiterate. The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasted children in the study was 31%, 59% and 17.5% respectively. Prevalence of malnutrition in educated mothers was less as compare to illiterate. By χ2 test maternal formal education was significantly associated (p<0.05) with underweight and wasting. There was also a significant association (p<0.05) of family’s total monthly income and mother’s occupation with underweight and wasting. Through linear regression model, after confounding other variables maternal formal education was significantly associated with underweight and wasting. Conclusion: Maternal formal education is having very importance and influence on maternal nutritional knowledge and child nutritional status. It is recommended that government should have to initiate and monitor nutrition awareness programs in different sectors.
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Ijaz ul Haq
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