Shenoy Priyanka S, Chavan Yuvaraj B
Department of Community Medicine, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2024 Jul;13(7):2589-2595. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1124_23. Epub 2024 Jun 28.
A healthy child can make way for a healthy adult. Some of the factors that can be used to determine the health of a young child are nutritional status of the child, the developmental milestones achieved, and frequency of illness.
The health status of children and associated factors are determined.
This is a community-based cross-sectional study with 271 participants. The height and weight of the child were measured; questions were asked regarding developmental milestones achieved and frequent illnesses. An interview schedule was used to enquire about the determinants of health status. Descriptive statistics were done; Chi-square test and regression were used to determine association between the health status of children and determinants.
A total of 127 (46.86%) were found to have a good health status. Family type (Chi square value 9.568; value = 0.002), birth spacing (Chi square 20.540; value < 0.001), term or pre-term birth (Chi square 4.598; value = 0.032), chronic medical problem in the child (Chi square 11.074; value = 0.001), and immunization status of the child (Chi square 5.666; value = 0.017) were found to have significant association with the health status of the child. By logistic regression, pre-term child birth and family type were found to have higher odds.
For better health of the child, specific focus on birth spacing, term birth of baby, better care of the ill, and complete immunization play vital roles.
健康的儿童才能成长为健康的成年人。一些可用于判定幼儿健康状况的因素包括儿童的营养状况、发育里程碑的达成情况以及患病频率。
确定儿童的健康状况及其相关因素。
这是一项基于社区的横断面研究，有271名参与者。测量了儿童的身高和体重；询问了有关发育里程碑达成情况和常见疾病的问题。使用访谈提纲询问健康状况的决定因素。进行了描述性统计；采用卡方检验和回归分析来确定儿童健康状况与决定因素之间的关联。
共发现127名（46.86%）儿童健康状况良好。家庭类型（卡方值9.568；P值 = 0.002）、生育间隔（卡方值20.540；P值 < 0.001）、足月或早产（卡方值4.598；P值 = 0.032）、儿童的慢性疾病问题（卡方值11.074；P值 = 0.001）以及儿童的免疫状况（卡方值5.666；P值 = 0.017）与儿童的健康状况存在显著关联。通过逻辑回归分析，发现早产和家庭类型的影响几率更高。
为使儿童更健康，特别关注生育间隔、婴儿足月出生、对患病儿童的更好照料以及全程免疫接种起着至关重要的作用。
