Nutritional Assessment of Under Five Years of Age Child in Al-Najaf City
الباحث الأول:
Hiyam Mohsin Azooz
الباحثين الآخرين:
A. L. Masuma Sadiq Abd, Huda Jwad Kadium
المجلة:
Journal of Community and Social Health Nursing
تاريخ النشر:
18 مايو، 2024
مختصر البحث:
Since a single measurement cannot determine a person's nutritional status, nutritional assessment
consists of multiple components. Anthropometry, body habitus/composition, food intake, and
gastrointestinal function are crucial factors. The objecti…
Since a single measurement cannot determine a person's nutritional status, nutritional assessment
consists of multiple components. Anthropometry, body habitus/composition, food intake, and
gastrointestinal function are crucial factors. The objective is to identify undernutrition and obesity
and to offer an objective evaluation of nutritional status. Malnutrition and obesity are defined by
weight for height or weight for age limits, according to the WHO and other authors. Design of the
Study: the descriptive (cross-sectional) study design is used throughout the present study to
achieve the study's objectives. The study began on 18/10/2022 and continued until 11/5/2023.
Study Sample: A probability (disproportional strata sample) study sample of (166) children was
included in the current study. Study Setting: The study is conducted in Al-Najaf City, which has
PHC centres from both the northern (Al-Jawad, Al-Askari, and Al-Karama) and southern care
sectors (Al-Ansar, Al-Adala, and 15 Shaaban). Results: Study results presented that there is a nonsignificant association (P>0.05) between the overall Assessment of children's nutritional and
health status and their demographic data, except (birth weight, first feeding, and child weight) in
which there was a significant association (P<0.05) with children' their nutritional and health
status. Conclusion: The study concludes that the overall Assessment of children's nutritional and
health status has an essential effect on birth weight, first feeding and current child weight
