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complementary feeding with spoon. The feeding was supervised mostly by the mother(Table 12).4.6.2.2 12-35 month childrenAbout 69% of the children were currently receiving complementary foods in additionto breast milk, 31% of the children were not breast fed. The type of food being currentlygiven included home made semi-solids (95.5%) and/or solids (89.7%) cow/buffalomilk (75.8%). The most commonly used food groups included cereals & millets andpulses (97% each), GLV and other vegetables (93% each), fruits (92%), roots &tubers (87%), Milk & milk products (86%), fats & oils (79%), eggs (26%) and fleshfoods (17%). About 33% of the children were fed ≥ 4 times a day, 49% were fed 3times a day, while 18% were fed ≤ 2 times a day. About 40% of the childrenconsumed food themselves mostly with hands. About 57% of children were fed bytheir mothers, either by hand (53%) or with spoon (4%). In most cases, feeding wassupervised by their mothers (92%), followed by grand parents and elder siblings (4%each) (Table 13).4.6.3 Care of the ChildAbout 70% of mothers reportedly were taking care of their children by themselves athome, while 10% stated that they were cared by the grand parents and 7% by the oldersiblings (Table 14). About 11% of the mothers carried their children to the work-spot.4.6.4 Personal HygieneOnly 16% of mothers washed their hands with soap before feeding the child.About 31% of mothers were using soap for washing their hands after defecation(Table 14).4.6.5 History of MorbidityThe particulars of morbidity during preceding fortnight among
children reportedly had diarrhoea during the previous fortnight, while 4.2% receivedORS, either home made (1.4%) or that given by ANM/AWW (1.6%) or commercial one(1.2%). About 30% of children reportedly had acute respiratory infection, while only 6%had received co-trimoxazole.4.6.6 Participation in ICDS Supplementary feeding Programme.About 80% of the children of 6-59 months age group were participating in theICDS supplementary feeding programme, with 60% being regular. The extent ofparticipation was observed to be high (88%) among 36-59 months and 61% among6-35 months age group (Table 17). A higher proportion of older children were regular(73%), than younger counterparts (51%).4.6.7 Coverage for Immunization under UIPThe particulars of coverage of 12-24 months children for immunization underUniversal Immunization Programme (UIP) during the first year of life are provided inTable 18 and Fig. 3. About 55% of the children were fully immunized, 37% werepartially immunized, while 8% did not receive any immunization. About 70-85%received polio, DPT & BCG vaccines, while only 56% received measles vaccination.Major source of this information was from parents (45%), and mother and childprotection card (31%). The major reason for not immunized or partially immunized was‘not offered’ (23%), ‘not aware of the need’ (17%), or ‘time/place notknown/inconvenient’ (3%).4.6.8 Coverage for Massive dose of Vitamin A SupplementationThe National programme on Prevention and control of blindness due to VitaminA deficiency envisages that all the children between 9 to 60 months should receivebiannual massive dose of vitamin A. The particulars of coverage of children formassive dose vitamin A during the previous one year are provided in Table 19. Ingeneral, about 72% of 9-59 months children reportedly received at least one dose ofvitamin A, while the coverage was 63% among 9-17months, 75% among 18-35 and73% among 36-59 months children respectively. About 52% of 18-59 monthschildren received 2 doses during preceding one year, and 22% received one doseonly. In a majority of cases, the massive dose vitamin A was administered at AWC(59%), mostly by AWW (49%) or ANM (23%). The major reasons for non-receipt ofmassive dose of Vitamin A, were ‘unaware of the need’ (16%) or ‘not offered’ (14%).4.6.9 Coverage for Iron and Folic acid tablets SupplementationAbout 35% children of 12-59 months reportedly received IFA tablets duringthe preceding year, either from AWW or ANM (16%each). Only about 7% received ≥90 IFA tablets, while only 4% consumed ≥ 90 tablets (Table 20).Nutritional Status of
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