PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF NUTRITIONAL ANAEMIA AMONG UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF NUTRITIONAL ANAEMIA AMONG UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
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2017-07
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MOHAMMED, NAFISA
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Nutritional anaemia is a decrease in the amount of red blood cell volume below 11.0g/dl in children under the age of five years due to a poor diet which is deficient in iron, folic acid and vitamin B12. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to assess the prevalence and determinants of nutritional anaemia among under five years children in local government area of Kaduna state. Stratified random sampling technique was used for the selection of respondents. 311 structured questionnaires were distributed to caregivers of children under the age of five years however 284 questionnaires were retrieved which were used for the study. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the respondents (caregivers of children under five years) were studied and also biochemical analysis was done among the under five children to determine their serum iron concentration level, serum folic acid levels and serum vitamin B12 levels. The data obtained from the study were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and revealed that of the 284 respondents, 154(54.2%) falls under low socioeconomic background which lead to poverty and food insecurity in most of their households. The study demonstrated that poor feeding practices do adversely affected the health and nutritional anaemic status of the children. Exclusive breastfeeding was not practiced by majority of the mothers (67%).A total of 191(67.3%) practiced the combination of both breastfeeding and bottlefeeding. 81.4% of the household consume carbohydrate food like rice, maize, yam and noodles. The socioeconomic status of the care givers is significantly correlated at p-value < 0.05 with nutritional anaemia. The prevalence of serum iron deficiency in the study was 53.9% and that of folic acid was 36.3% while that of vitamin B12 was 49.6%. In conclusion this study revealed high rate of nutritional anaemia among under five children in Sabon gari local government area of Kaduna State Nigeria. There is need for iron supplementation and nutritional education in Sabon Gari LGA.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN NUTRITION, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA
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PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS,, NUTRITIONAL ANAEMIA,, UNDER FIVE CHILDREN,, SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT,, Kaduna state,