Study of prevalence of acute respiratory tract infection and its risk factors among under five children of slums of Ghaziabad city

Abstract

Background-Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) contribute to major disease associated mortality and morbidity among children under 5 years of age. Methodology- This observational cross-sectional study was conducted among the under 5 children in slum population of Ghaziabad city through a house-to-house survey, using a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire with a sample size of 667 study participants. Result – In this study 389(58.32%,) individuals were males and 278 (41.68%) females. Most of the study subject 187 (28.04%) belonged to the 0 to <1 year age group. Among the study participants. maximum ARI cases (47.06%) in children were found in the age group 0 to < 1-year children. Majority 25.13% ARI cases were found among the children with 3-to-4-member family. Among all the children, 26.01% ARI cases were found among the children given exclusive breastfeeding, Conclusion: This study identifies the overall prevalence of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection among the under live children and determines the factor influence prevalence of ARI.