J Bazroy, P Panda, AJ Purty, B Philip

Abstract

A cross sectional survey was conducted to compare parent background, child rearing practices, nutritional and morbidity status of under-five children in two study populations located in Tamilnadu, India - a Tamil Refugee camp from Sri Lanka and a local Fishermen community. A total of 125 and 136 under-five children were contacted in the Refugee camp and the Fishermen community respectively. The literacy status of the Refugee camp parents (fathers = 92.8%, mothers = 89.6%) was higher than the Fishermen community parents (fathers = 77.2%, mothers = 72.0%). Mothers of the Refugee camp practiced significant longer duration of breastfeeding and earlier food supplementation. More than 90% of the under-five children were fully immunised and about 35% of them were found to be malnourished in both study populations. Fishermen community had significantly more number of children with pallor, lymphadenopathy, dental caries and respiratory infection. Under-five children of the Refugee camp have a better health status than the local Fishermen community which possibly is due to higher literacy status and better child rearing practices by the Refugee camp mothers.

一項對兩個位於印度─塔米納度省（Tamilnadu ），一個來自斯里蘭卡 (Sri Lanka) 的泰米爾人難民營和一個當地漁民社區的五歲以下孩子，進行父母背景、育兒技巧、營養狀況及發病率的比較之橫斷面調查。該調查接觸了難民營內的 125 名五歲以下孩子和漁民社區內的 136 名五歲以下孩子。難民營父母的識字率（父親＝92.8%，母親＝89.6%）比漁民父母（父親＝77.2%，母親＝72.0%）為高。難民營內的母親進行母乳喂養的期間顯著地較長和較早給與孩子補充食物。並且超過 90% 孩子已接種了疫苗，在兩個研究組別中約有 35% 孩子被証實患有營養不良。漁民社區內的孩子較多出現蒼白、淋巴結病、齲齒和呼吸道感染。可能由於難民營內孩子的父母有更高識字率和更佳的育兒技巧，他們孩子的健康狀態比漁民社區內的孩子更好。