EFFECTIVENESS OF SELECTED NURSING INTERVENTIONS ON MOTHER’S AWARENESS ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN
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Keywords
Malnutrition, Under-five Children, Mothers, Prevalence, Awareness, Nutritional status, Nursing Interventions
Abstract
Malnutrition results from a diet in which nutrients are either not enough to meet the daily requirement, or are more enough than the requirements. Malnutrition refers to the situation where there is an unbalanced diet in which some nutrients are in excess, lacking or wrong proportion. Early childhood (0-5 years) is the period for a child’s physical and sociopsychological development. Children needs more care and attention during this period. The main study data was collected from the mothers of under-five children residing in selected villages of Ernakulam Tehsil. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency & percentage distribution, Mean, Median, Standard deviation, Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation, paired ‘t’ test and Chi-square test were used to analysis the data. The study's overall findings indicated that mothers need to be educated about the preventive measures of malnutrition among their under-five children.
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B. Vanajakumari
Research Scholar, Malwanchal University, Indore
Dr. Anu V. Kumar
Professor, Malwanchal University, Indore