Gautam Sarker|Alka Gupta|Arup Jyoti Rout|Tanushree Mondal|Ranabir Pal
Risk correlates of diarrhea in children under 5 years of age in slums of Bankura, West Bengal
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College|Bankura Sammilani Medical College|Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College|Government of West Bengal|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur
diarrheal diseases important cause mortality morbidity globally children 5 years ageto find prevalence risk factors diarrhea among children 5 yearsa populationbased analytical crosssectional study conducted urban slums bankura west bengal prevalence diarrhea feeding practices nutrition immunization among 152 children 5 years 69 males 83 femalesoverall prevalence diarrhea 2236 2173 males 2289 females affected diarrhea 5769 diarrhea cases children 712 months age group followed 2571 1324 months age group increasing age prevalence diarrhea gradually decreased diarrhea noted 2033 exclusively breastfed children 3157 children breastfed less 6 months bottlefed children frequency diarrhea 2608 prevalence diarrhea 2183 completely immunized children 30 partially immunized children risk diarrhea 1980 normal participants 2745 undernourished childrenthe present study identified high prevalence diarrhea children age 5 years findings study also revealed demographic features feeding practices immunization practices nutritional status risk factors diarrhea tackled effective education community