• ARUL JOTHI. V

The present study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status by physical examination of children aged between 3-5 years in urban and rural areas, regarding malnutrition, its prevention and management. The study aims are to assess nutritional status of urban and rural area children, To compare the nutritional status of urban and rural area children, To associate the nutritional status of urban and rural area children with their selected socio-demographic variables and To develop an information booklet on malnutrition, its prevention and management. MATERIAL AND METHODS A comparative research design was used to assess the nutritional status by physical examination of children regarding malnutrition, its prevention and management in urban and rural areas, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh by using convenient sampling technique with sample size 100 comprises of children aged between 3-5 years. Observation checklist was prepared to assess the nutritional status regarding malnutrition. The data was collected for a period of one month using observation and assessment technique.The data was analyzed by using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics includes frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation were used to assess the nutritional status of children regarding prevention and management of malnutrition. Inferential statistics includes Paired‘t’ test was used to compare the nutritional status of 3-5 years aged children in selected urban and rural areas RESULT: There is no significant association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year urban children with socio demographic variables like age of the child, gender of the child, birth order of the child, educational status of mother, occupation of mother, occupation of father, income of the family per month and source of information regarding nutrition and there is significant(p<0.05) association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year children with socio demographic variables like with their religion. There is no significant association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year rural children with socio demographic variables like age of the child, gender of the child, birth order of the child, religion, educational status of mother, occupation of mother, occupation of father, and there is significant (p<0.05)association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year children with socio demographic variables like with their income of the family per month and source of information regarding nutrition as the calculated ‘t’ value is above the table value. CONCLUSION: The study findings reveal that 92% of the children in rural area were suffering with grade-I and grade-II malnutrition when compared with urban area of Barabanki. Findings of the present study suggest that nurses working in the clinical setting and community must encourage the parents regarding preventive strategies to reduce the effect of malnutrition in Children.

Malnutrition,physical examination, assess

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS BY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 3-5 YEARS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, BARABANKI AND TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET ON MALNUTRITION, ITS PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.684-687, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806691.pdf

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS BY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 3-5 YEARS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, BARABANKI AND TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET ON MALNUTRITION, ITS PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp684-687, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806691.pdf