WHY THIS PROJECT?
¥ The incidence of childhood
malnutrition and common ailments
like AGE and ARI are high in
Pooluvapatty
- AGE - 2832/ 10,000 popn
-ARI - 377/ 10,000 popn
“There are various strongly
rooted misconceptions regarding
infant feeding practices among
the mothersLITERATURE REVIEW
* A study conducted in rural ICDS block in Orissa
(by Survapati & BC Das ) - 37.18% of the mothers
were unaware of exclusive breast feeding
* Study in Tonks district in rural Rajasthan ( Diksha
an heel Sharma ) - 699 mothers of 0-3 yr old
children
- Believe top milk is essential
- 60% started breast feeding on 3° day
- Colostrum was to be discarded
- 60% cont breast feeding for > 24months
- Pre lacteals were given
- No knowledge-appropriate weaning foodscontd
+ A study in rural Madhya Pradesh ( Sharma
and Gupta ) concluded that
- the prevalance of at risk children was
inversely proportional to literacy of
mothers
- maternal education and KAP were
significantly associated
+ An interventional study in a tribal
community in West Bengal ( Banerjee and
Mandal )
- 50.65% of the total infant population
malnourished
- Nutrition education to the mothers
creased the weight gain by 80.8gm