Impact of nutrition education and integrated inproved household food security activities on nutritional status of mothers and children
- Author:
Pham Van Hoan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition, food
- MeSH:
Child Nutrition Sciences;
Food;
Child
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;288(9):31-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The retrospective cross sectional survey from December 26, 2001 to January 4/2002 was conducted on 360 households with under 5 years old, 671 children and 360 mothers in 12 villages in Tuyen Hoa district of Quang Binh province, in the project of Quang Binh – GTZ – IFSP. Household food security was improved dramatically in comparing with that of the year 1996, with 77.2 - 79.3% of households having got enough food quantity. As regard the knowledge on nutrition and health, there is some progress. The prevalence of chronical energy deficiency in mother accounted for 16% in Tuyen Hoa and 21% in Minh Hoa district in the year 2001, lower than that of the year 1996 (37.8% and 27.2% respectively, average 32.5%). The prevalence of malnutrition of under weight reduced dramatically in comparing with the year 1996 (from 56.2% to 33.2%) – 3,5% reduced/year. Very severe and severe malnutrition prevalence reduced by more a half, malnutrition of wasting 5.2% in comparing with 13.1% in the year 1996 and stunting 52.8% and in 1996 52.2%
