Nutritional status, social awareness and attitude towards marriage of adolescents in a tribal ICDS block of Himachal Pradesh.

نویسندگان

  • L Bahl
  • R K Kaushal
چکیده

the adolescent phase has generally been totally neglected. Healthy adolescents apart from developing into healthy adults and parents can also play a key role in social and health education of their younger siblings and uneducated parents. Since there is paucity of information in general(l) and none from Himachal Pradesh on rural adolescent children, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the nutritional and educational status, social awareness and attitudes towards marriage and child bearing in adolescents (11-18 years) of a tribal ICDS block.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian pediatrics

دوره 31 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994