Association of Birth Weight, Immunization, and Parity with Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years

Ony Linda, Nurul Huriah Astuti

2018

Abstract

Children under five are one group at risk of health. This study aimed to assess variables associated with the nutritional status of children under five. This cohort retrospective study of 216 children under five and their mothers/ caregivers were conducted (January 2018) using cluster random sampling technique. This study involved collecting information on the socio-demographic characteristic and anthropometric measurement (Weight for height z-score) of the eligible children. About 51.9% were male, 32.9% mother/ caregivers were illiterate. The result showed that about 70.1% were found to have normal nutritional status, 10.3% were found to be moderately wasted, and 7.5% were found to be severely wasted. About 8.3% had low birth weight, 11.6% were partially immunized, and 9.3% had high parity (≥ 5 children). There was a significant statistical association of children having low birth weight, immunization status, and parity with nutritional status among the children studied. There is a need to promote and encourage girl/ female health education in the communities in order to build their awareness about maternal health and immunization.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Linda O. and Astuti N. (2018). Association of Birth Weight, Immunization, and Parity with Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH, ISBN 978-989-758-362-9, pages 24-27. DOI: 10.5220/0008371000240027

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh18,
author={Ony Linda and Nurul Huriah Astuti},
title={Association of Birth Weight, Immunization, and Parity with Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,},
year={2018},
pages={24-27},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008371000240027},
isbn={978-989-758-362-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,
TI - Association of Birth Weight, Immunization, and Parity with Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years
SN - 978-989-758-362-9
AU - Linda O.
AU - Astuti N.
PY - 2018
SP - 24
EP - 27
DO - 10.5220/0008371000240027