Shraddha Tiwari|Janardhan Bandi|Sukarn Awasthi|Aakash Sharma
Assessment of prevalence of protein energy malnutrition in under 5 year children in an urban slum of Mumbai, India and to study associated factors
Government Medical College|Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital|Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College
background urban slums several sociodemographic factors contribute occurrence protein energy malnutrition pem underfive year children study aims assessment prevalence protein energy malnutrition under5 year children urban slum mumbai study associated factorsmethods crosssectional study conducted urban slum field practice area instititionunder5 children included study information gathered interviewing motherguardian recording anthropometric measurement child data analysed spss v16 suitable tests result prevalence pem found 56 per cent pem found 1324 month age 64 667 120 541 boys 122 55 nonnuclear family dwellers 126 568 children whose mothers got marriedlt18 years age 116 523 children illiterate mothers 158712 children birth order gt2 198892 children given colostrum 168 757 given exclusive breast feeding 152685 children incomplete immunisation 122 55 children 3 episodes ari 14264 gt3 episodes diarrhoea 86 827 children pem belonged class v bg prasad classification statistically significant association pem found factors age child mothers education birth order immunisation status mothers age marriage exclusive breast feeding history acute respiratory infection ari diarrhoea socioeconomic statusconclusion study found certain sociodemographic factors like age gender birth order child type family age mother marriage literacy level giving colostrum exclusive breast feeding immunisation frequency ari diarrhoea associated pem