A study of the impact of the corrective programme for the very poor malnourished preschool children in Kelantan, Malaysia
| dc.contributor.author | Yusoff, Haniah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-15T04:27:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-15T04:27:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: The Corrective Programme for Malnourished Children (CPMC) is an ongoing national programme to combat problem of undernutrition especially among the very low socioeconomic group. It was launched by the Ministry of Health in 1989. The children will receive a basket of food every month which contain balance nutritional requirement such as rice, wheat flour, anchovy, green beans, sugar, formula milk, cooked oil, margarine, biscuits, multivitamin and iron supplement. Their weight and height were monitored every month and health education was given by the public health nurse to the parents in terms of food preparation and personal hygiene. Objective: This historical prospective cohort study was done to examine the changes in the nutritional status of the undernourished preschool children (0-7 years) in Kelantan after receiving food baskets under the Corrective Programme of Malnourished Children (CPMC). Methodology: Cases were selected from two districts by a cluster sampling. Samples of 166 undernourished pre school children in the programme were included. Three measurements were chosen for evaluation of the effectiveness of the programme, which were age, weight and height. These three measurements were combined to form three nutritional indices based on Z score, namely weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for -height. Results: The mean z-scores for weight-for-age improved after the programme from -2.17 to -1.93 (p=O.OOO), the mean Z-scores for height-for-age improved from -1.66 to- 1.36 (p=0.002) and the mean Z-scores for weight-for-height improved from -1.35 to- 1.04 (p=0.001). There were significant associations between the age, duration of supplementation, birth spacing and number of family members with the changes in the z-scores Conclusion: This study showed that the Corrective Programme for Malnourished Children (CPMC) had a beneficial impact on the nutritional status of the very poor malnourished preschool children in Kelantan. Recommendation: It is recommended that the Corrective Programme of Malnourished Children (CPMC) to be strengthened and integrated into the rapid progress of the socioeconomic development in this country. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4368 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Corrective Programme for Malnourished Children (CPMC) | en_US |
| dc.title | A study of the impact of the corrective programme for the very poor malnourished preschool children in Kelantan, Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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