Gender Analysis of Malnutrition: A Case Study of School-Going Children in Bahawalpur

Khan, Tasnim; Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Raza, Muhammad Ali

doi:10.18488/journal.107/2015.3.2/107.2.29.48

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“…Hasnain et al (2010) [ 56 ] found that a birth interval of less than two years was the leading factor of child stunting in Dadu Sindh. The prevalence of stunting and wasting among children was more common in a nuclear family [ 52 ].…”

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Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Literature

2018

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Pakistan has one of the highest prevalences of child malnutrition as compared to other developing countries. This narrative review was accomplished to examine the published empirical literature on children’s nutritional status in Pakistan. The objectives of this review were to know about the methodological approaches used in previous studies, to assess the overall situation of childhood malnutrition, and to identify the areas that have not yet been studied. This study was carried out to collect and synthesize the relevant data from previously published papers through different scholarly database search engines. The most relevant and current published papers between 2000–2016 were included in this study. The research papers that contain the data related to child malnutrition in Pakistan were assessed. A total of 28 articles was reviewed and almost similar methodologies were used in all of them. Most of the researchers conducted the cross sectional quantitative and descriptive studies, through structured interviews for identifying the causes of child malnutrition. Only one study used the mix method technique for acquiring data from the respondents. For the assessment of malnutrition among children, out of 28 papers, 20 used the World Health Organization (WHO) weight for age, age for height, and height for weight Z-score method. Early marriages, large family size, high fertility rates with a lack of birth spacing, low income, the lack of breast feeding, and exclusive breastfeeding were found to be the themes that repeatedly emerged in the reviewed literature. There is a dire need of qualitative and mixed method researches to understand and have an insight into the underlying factors of child malnutrition in Pakistan.

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Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Literature

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“…In the scenario of Punjab province, there are only limited studies of [7,8,13,50,57,58,66] significantly focused Eastern and Central Punjab and only the single study of [43] focused data of school children of 5-14 years from rural area of Bahawalpur to focusing southern Punjab region of Punjab province Pakistan. This region is absolutely neglected to highlighting malnutrition standing among children under 5 years in this area so to addressing such gap this study tried focus some aspects.…”

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Effect of socioeconomic factors on malnutrition among children in Pakistan

2020

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Background: In the current era, malnutrition among children considers main reason of morbidity and mortality in the world scenario while more specifically in developing countries. Malnutrition in children severely affects their physical growth and academic achievements. This study aimed to find out the effect of socioeconomic factors on malnutrition, children aged under 5 years in Multan district of Punjab province, Pakistan. The study used the data of 2497 children, obtained from Multiple Integrated Cluster Survey 2018 and employed Binary logistic regression approach for empirical estimation the effects of socioeconomic factors on malnutrition among children. Results: Empirical estimates of the study specified the prevalence of higher frequency of stunting (18.58), wasting (28.43) and underweight (19.54) among children particularly in rural areas of the study district Multan. Stunting status was significantly associated with children of some month (OR = 1.247, CI 95% 0.543-1.546), family size (OR = 0.589, CI 95% 0.431-3.715), maternal education (OR = 1.432, CI 95% 0.528-1.972), wealth quintile (OR = 2.174, CI 95% 1.234-3.376) and sanitation facility (OR = 0.789, CI 95% 0.627-1.987). Wasting status was mostly correlated with male children (OR = 1.208, CI 95% 0.769-1.352), children of urban areas (OR = 0.594, CI 95% 0.476-1.987) and food shortage (OR = 1.367, CI 95% 0.782-2.543). Underweight status was close relationship with male gender (OR = 1.213, CI 95% 0.821-2.897), incomplete immunization (OR = 1.342, CI 95% 1.041-2.658) and treated water access (OR = 0.689, CI 95% 0.542-2.743). Conclusion: In this study, prevalence of higher-level malnutrition was estimated due to lower socioeconomic status among major population in the community specifically in rural areas. The government needs to enhance economic opportunities, promote healthcare education, increase nutritional access and generate improving personal hygiene habits through appropriate economic, political and social policy measures. The outcome of these policies will enhance individual economic resources; ensure nutritional safety, increasing maternal schooling and helpful for improving child health.

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“…The school students in single families, where only one mother and father and students lead to the nuclear or singe family, lead to a higher risk of wasted and stunned in students. students mother's education play an important role or predictor to reduce the malnutrition burden in students by giving education to the school students (Khan, Khan, & Raza, 2015).…”

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Effectiveness of Health Education on Knowledge and Practice Regarding the Importance of Well-Balanced Nutrition Among School Students

2019

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Introduction: Students are the future of the nation they spend more time in school then home. They need to know about the importance of a balanced diet. Balanced nutrition is important for the students, basis for lifetime health, strength, and intellectual abilities in the students. Balanced nutrition in school students give information, and skills for healthy food selection which enhance the health and prevent diseases. Methods: Quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of health education on knowledge and practice regarding the importance of well-balanced nutrition among school students with (n=70) in the school of Ali Raza Abad Raiwind Road Lahore, Pakistan. The educational interventional program involves four weeks of intervention about the importance of well-balanced nutrition. Results: The results of the study showed that there is significance effectiveness of health education on knowledge and practice regarding the importance of well-balanced nutrition among school students. A total of (n=70) students participated in this study, the mean score of the pre-data collection was 17.17 with the standard deviation of 3.526, and after the educational interventional program the mean score of post data collection was 27.07 with the standard deviation 2.845, and the difference between pre and post mean score was 9.900 which was a statistically significant difference pre and post data collection. Conclusions: The study findings revealed that health education on the importance of well-balanced nutrition was effective by improving the knowledge and practice of school students.

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Gender Analysis of Malnutrition: A Case Study of School-Going Children in Bahawalpur

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Cited by 30 publications

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Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Literature

Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Literature

Effect of socioeconomic factors on malnutrition among children in Pakistan

Effectiveness of Health Education on Knowledge and Practice Regarding the Importance of Well-Balanced Nutrition Among School Students

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