BACKGROUND Adoption of consistent behavioral habits in childhood takes place at home, with the parents especially the mother, being the primary model for behavior. Tooth brushing habits which is learnt during early years of life, is deeply ingrained in the child's mind and it is expected that this leads to an adaptation of good oral hygiene in their later life. OBJECTIVES To assess the tooth ...

OBJECTIVE Despite a rapidly growing economy and rising income levels in India, improvements in child malnutrition have lagged. Data from the most recent National Family Health Survey reveal that the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices recommended by the WHO and the Indian Government, including the timely introduction of solid food, are not being followed by a majority of mothers in ...

Current studies on the utilization of maternal care services in India focus on individual factors. In the present study, we use the theoretical model developed by Andersen and Newman [1973. Societal and individual determinants of medical care utilization in the United States. Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 51(1), 95-124] to understand the utilization of maternal care services in rural areas o...

OBJECTIVE Food safety education (FSE) was imparted in order to reduce the prevalence of diarrhea in children and improving the knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers regarding safe feeding practices. METHODS The study was conducted on mothers (n=200) of underprivileged children (6-24 months) through Anganwadi workers (AWW). The food safety education package incorporated three messages: ...

The present study was a situational analysis of household and community practices as per IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) framework in rural Baroda, Gujarat. One PHC (Primary Health Centre) was purposively selected and out of the 17 AWCs (Anganwadi Centers) under this PHC, 6 were randomly selected. All households under these 6 AWCs having children less than three years of age w...

Introduction: NCDs are one of the major challenges for public health in 21st century, not only terms human suffering but also harm to socio-economic development country. As elderly population is likely increase future, and there a definite shift disease pattern i.e., from communicable non-communicable, it high time that care system gears itself growing needs an optimal comprehensive manner. To ...

growth and development (Craig, 1979). Diet and nutrition are important factors in the preschool (3-6 years) age. Preschool children represent 12 per cent of the general population in India. A large majority of these children live in rural and tribal areas and urban slums. Their development is in the interest of the total national development. The preschool age mortality in India is as high as 4...