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Prevalence of under-nutrition among under five children and its associated factors in urban area of Municipal Corporation of Nanded
International Journal of Advanced Community Medicine · 2019 · Vol. 2(3) · pp. 117–122
Varthi Mahendra K✉Domple Vijay KChavan Bharat B(Government Medical College)Doibale Mohan KPandhare Pallavi H(Government Medical College)
Abstract
Introduction: Nutrition of the pre-schoolers is of prime importance as they are most vulnerable to under-nutrition. Objective: 1) To estimate the prevalence of under-nutrition among under five children (6-60 months). 2) To study of associated factors causing under-nutrition.Material and methods: The present study was a community based cross sectional study. Probability Proportional to Size Cluster Sampling Technique was used for selecting the sample. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 16.0 version for chi-square test and percentages. The confidence limit for significance was fixed at 95% level with p-value
Child Nutrition and Water AccessMunicipal corporationCluster samplingEnvironmental healthStatistical significanceConfidence intervalStatisticsSample size determinationMedicineCluster (spacecraft)Multistage sampling
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