Factors Influencing Prevalence Of Malnutrition Among Children aged Five Years And Below Attending Ishaka Adventist Hospital In Bushenyi District.
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2017-04
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences
Abstract
The study determined the factors influencing prevalence of malnutrition among children aged five and below at Ishaka Adventist Hospital. The objectives of the study were to determine immediate factors contributing to malnutrition among children aged five years and below, to determine the underlying factors contributing to malnutrition among children aged five years and below to determine the basic factors contributing to malnutrition among children aged five years and below attending Ishaka Adventist hospital (IAH) in Bushenyi district.
A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted employing quantitative methods of data analysis in which data has been presented using tables, bar graphs and pie charts. The study mainly targeted children aged five years and below brought for seeking health services at IAH by their mothers or care givers.
The study found out that poor breastfeeding techniques and childhood infections were majorly the immediate factors associated with malnutrition in children aged five and below, while failure to attend antennal care services, low birth weight and failure to have child immunized were underlying factors contributing to malnutrition as well as poor seasons being a basic factor leading to malnutrition.
The study therefore concluded that unlike the perception that malnutrition means poor feeding, it is a broader hazard associated with a number of factors ranging from infections, child birth weight to immunization status of the child and therefore should be addressed in general without capitalizing on one factor. The study further recommends that a thorough health education and maternal child care education be emphasized if malnutrition is to be reduced because mothers are frontiers of nutrition in homes.
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A Research Report Submitted To Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examination Board in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement for The Award of Diploma in Nursing Sciences.
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Malnutrition Among Children, Prevalence Of Malnutrition Among Children