Nutritional Status Assessment Of Children In Salem District: An Empirical Study

Abstract

As Part Of The Empirical Research Initiatives The Students Of Pg And Research Department Of Social Work In Collaboration With Don Bosco Anbuillam Salem Took Up A Nutritional Status Assessment Survey At Court Road Colony, Nanjampatty,  Kichipalayalayyam Slums &Sathyanagar Village In Salem District, Tamilnadu, India Between The Period Of 1^st February And 5^th February 2021. The District Rural Development Agency Of Salem Under The Guidance Of The District Collector Had Suggested That A Survey Be Done On The Prevailing Nutritional Status Of Children Below The Age Of 18 Years In Sample Areas Of Salem, With A Focus On Planned Intervention To Be Delivered To The Target Population As Per The Result Of The Survey, The Scientific Nature Of The Survey Enabling It To Be Generalised To The Other Homogenous Areas Of Salem. The Objective Of The Study Was To Identify High-Risk Groups And To Assess The Role Of Different Socio-Demographic Factors In Nutritional Status. The Study Findings Would Facilitate Nutritional Recommendations And Interventions, Paving Way For Resource Mobilization To Design And Deliver Interventions To The Beneficiaries In The Surveyed Area. Stratified Simple Random Sampling Method Was Adopted For The Study. Interview Schedule Method (Google Forms) Was Used To Collect Quantitative Data. Focussed Group Discussion And Participatory Rural Appraisal (Pra) Techniques Were Used To Corroborate The Quantitative Findings. The Data Collected Was Analysed Using Statistical Package For Social Sciences, Descriptive And Inferential Statistics Were Computed. Findings Of The Study Would Be Presented In The Full Paper.