Prevalence of asthma in urban school children in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Healthy School Children in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India

Vitamin D deficiency is one of the common nutritional deficiency and it exists in both childhood and adult life. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is 50-90 % in the Indian subcontinent. This was a cross sectional study which includes 96 apparently healthy school going children (50 Male & 46 Female) of age 5 to 10 years. We found that 33.33% (15 Male &17 Female) had vitamin D levels {25(OH)...

Hearing Assessment of School Going Children of Various Schools in Jaipur, Rajasthan

Hearing impairment substantially affects child’s ability to normally acquire the spoken language. It creates problems for the child in terms of communication, achievement in school as well as social and emotional growth. The aim of this research is to study the prevalence of hearing disorders and its causes among various school students of Jaipur, Rajasthan. In this cross-sectional and descript...

Perception of Rural and Urban Mothers about Consumption of Targeted Fortified Products in Jaipur, Rajasthan - India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

BACKGROUND Food fortification is the addition of one or more essential nutrients to a food whether or not it is normally contained in the food, for the purpose of preventing or correcting a demonstrated deficiency of one or more nutrients in the population or specific population groups. The present cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain comprehensive information towards consumption of Ta...

Prevalence of asthma in elementary school children in Kerman in 1999

The aim of this study was of determine the prevalence of asthma among elementary school children (6-12 years old) of Kerman in 1999.for this purpose,a randomly selected sample of 3036 school children was surveyed with a questionnaire.of this,2217 students (73%),including 1035 boys and 1182 girls,responded to the questionnaire.after surveying the returned questionnaire,60 students with asthma we...

Prevalence of Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease in Deaf and Mute Children Attending Special Schools in Jaipur City, Rajasthan