Nutritional Status And Development Of Under-Five Children In Jenu Kuruba Population

The early years are the most significant years for human growth, development and learning for all childrenincluding those with special needs due to disability conditions. The study was conducted with an objective ofto assess the nutrition status and development of under-five children. Experimental research design was usedto test the effect of intervention programme. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jenu Kururba TribalHaadies of H.D Kote and Hunsuru Talukas of Mysore district to assess the relationship between maternalfactors and nutritional status of children. A random sampling technique was used to recruit 1307 young children(birth to 5 years) and their mothers for the study. Self-structured questionnaire was used to elicit personalinformation of children and their mothers and WHO growth reference was used to grade the nutrition status ofthe children and Denver-II developmental assessment scale was used to assess the development of underfive children.