DETERMINATION ROLE OF NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING AND MAINTAINING GROWTH CHART FOR PREVENTION OF MALNUTRITION OF CHILD.

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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Undernourishment is predictable to add to more than 1/3 of totally juvenile
mortality, while it is infrequently recorded as the straight reason. OBJECTIVE: To Determine
the Role of Nutritional counseling and Maintaining Growth Charts in Prevention of Malnutrition
through Follow up of Discharged Patients of Rooming in, at Under Five Clinic, CMC Children
hospital SMBBMU (Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana, Sindh,
Pakistan). DESIGN OF STUDY: This was a Cross Sectional reseach. PLACE AND STUDY
DURATION: The Department of Under Five Clinic, CMC Children Hospital/SMBBMU
Larkana. From April 2015 to January 2016. METHODOLOGY: Total 380 study subjects were
taken and general physical examination and anthropometry were carried out. Malnutrition was
assessed according to WHO Growth Charts. Factors of Nutrition and Vaccination were assessed.
All Caregivers were counseled standard WHO nutritional recommendations. Descriptive
statistics were calculated. Chi-square assessment was carried by in view of p-value ≤0.05 as
important. RESULTS: The mean age of was 8.73±5.71 months. The mean birth spacing was
1.05±0.56 years. 60.0% cases were belonged to rural areas and 40.0% cases were belonged to
urban areas. 51.8% women feed their child in first hour after birth. For treatment 60.5% done
home remedy. 17.1% were completely cured, 62.6% were cured partially, and 20.3% were not
survived. Vaccination was not done in 58.2% cases. CONCLUSION: Proper counseling
regarding breast feeding, vaccination, treatment options and also reassurance & emotive care by
health experts to nursing mother must help towards increase the nutritional.