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Perceived Causes And Prevention Of Malnutrition Among Primary School Pupils
[A CASE STUDY ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KWARA STATE]
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Delimitations of the Study
The study covered the households in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Ilorin to study the incidence of malnutrition on children which limited the study to two hundred (200) respondents were selected in the Local Government Area which also restricted the study to only the local government area in Ilorin. Questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to elicit information from the respondents while descriptive statistics was used to present the result of the analysis and chi – square statistical tool will be used to test the hypotheses formulated.
Operational Definition of Terms
Child Growth Rate: the speed with which normal growth occurs in length before birth and in height after birth. Fetal growth is critical to a person’s eventual height. Before birth, the key measure is the crown – rump length – the distance from the top of the head (the crown) to the buttocks (the rump). The fastest growth rate for a human is during embryonic life. If sustained, it would provide 50-60cm (close to 2 feet) of growth per year.
Child Malnutrition: this is the situation whereby nutrition is insufficient, excessive or imbalance consumption of dietary energy and nutrients by children.
Children: Biologically, children of children are generally human between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of children generally refers to minors, otherwise known as people younger than the age of majority.
Cognition: cognition is the set of all mental abilities and processes related to knowledge: attention, memory & working memory, judgment & evaluation, reasoning & “computationâ€, problem solving & decision making, comprehension & production of language, etc.
Households: A household consists of one or more people who live in the same dwelling and also share at meals or living accommodation, and may consist of a single family or some other grouping of people.
Malnutrition: Malnutrition is insufficient, excessive or imbalance consumption of dietary energy and nutrients. It manifests in different forms, such as under nutrition, over nutrition and micronutrients (Smith and Haddad, 1999).
Nutrition: Nutrition is the intake of food, consisted in relation to the body’s dietary needs. Good nutrition – an adequate, well balanced diet combined with regular physical activity – is a cornerstone of good health. Poor nutrition can lead to reduced immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development, and reduced productivity.
Nutritional status: the state of the body with respect to each nutrient and the overall state of the body weight and condition. Nutritional status is the result of complex interactions between food consumption and the overall status of health and health care practices.
Usual Dictary Intakes: usual dietary intake is the long – run average daily intake of a nutrient or food. The concept of long – term average daily intake, or “usual intakeâ€, is important because dietary recommendations are intended to be met over time and diet health hypotheses are based on Dictary intakes over the long term.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe study examined the incidence of malnutrition among children in Ilorin East Local Government area of Kwara State. The objective of the study is to explore sickness as a result of malnutrition among children, investigate the majority of children as a result of the malnutrition among children, low body resistance to diseases, stunted growth as a result of malnutrition among children and succumb to infections as a result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin East Local Government Area ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTContents Title page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Chapter One INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Statement of the Problem Purpose of the Study Research Questions Research Hypothesis Significance of the Study Delimitations of the Study Operational Definition of Term Chapter Two INTRODUCTION Introduction Definition of the Concept Malnutrition Malnutrition in AfricaMalnutrition among children and its Influence on Body Reducing Malnutritio ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Surprisingly, Ghana has not seen much improvement in childhood malnutrition and mortality even with the remarkable gains in health infrastructure and investment since independence. Gains in pre-school malnutrition in post-independent era were reversed at the turn of the 21st century (Ghana Statistical Service, 2004). The past decade has witnessed an increasing trend of stunting but a slight decrease in underweight and wasting among children 5 year of and younger in Ghana (Ghana Statistical Servi ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Reliability of the Instrument Reliability has to do with the consistency of the result, According to Koul (2001), Rose, (2001) is the stability, dependability and predictability of the tests or of the method been used. The reliability of an instrument is the degree to which it yields consistent results, when it is administered over a numbers of times. The researcher employed test retest method to find the reliability of the instrument. The researcher administered sample of twenty (20) ques ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Test of Hypotheses Hypothesis One Ho1: Sickness is not a significant result of malnutrition among children in Ilorin West local Government Area.Table 2 showed chi – square summary of sickness and malnutrition among children in Ilorin west Local Government Area, The calculated value is 71.866 and the table value is 16.92, degree of freedom of 9 at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The decision is to reject the null hypotheses if the calculated value is greater than cri ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMANDATION Summary The study investigated the incidence of malnutrition among children in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state. Data collected from two hundred (200) respondents was presented with appropriate tables with the use of frequency count and percentages while five hypothesis were tested in study the use of chi-square (x2) statistical method at 0.05 significance level. It has been able o found out in the study influence of sickness, in ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAjieroh, V. (2010). A Quantitative Analysis of Determinations of child and Maternal Malnutrition in Nigeria IFPRI Nigeria Strategy Support Program Brief No. 11, 2010.Alaimo, Katherine, Christine M. Olson, and Edward A. Fronggillo Jr.(2001). ‘’Food Insufficiency and American School-Aged Children’s Cognitive, Academic, and Psychosocial Development.’’ Pediatrics 108(1): 44-53.Babatunde, R.O. & Qaim, M. (2010). Impact of Off – farm income on Food Se ... Continue reading---
