Abstract
Childhood Morbidity and its Association with Socio-economic and Health Care Condition among Under 5 Years Children in West Bengal: An Evidence from NFHS-5, 2019-20
Highlights
Child health issue is a public health concern in India and the country has already set its goal to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) target to reduce under-five mortality to 25 per 1000 live births by 2030
In the case of socio-economic condition North Twenty-Four Parganas represents elevated socioeconomic condition in the districts of West Bengal followed by South Twenty-Four, Kolkata, Koch Bihar and Haora
The present study finds among socio-economic variables electricity availability, mother’s literacy, use of improved sanitation facility reduce the risk of child morbidity
Summary
Child health issue is a public health concern in India and the country has already set its goal to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) target to reduce under-five mortality to 25 per 1000 live births by 2030. Conclusion: The study recommends targeting the districts with high child morbidity, poor socio-economic and health care status and suggest improvements to reduce the same by facilitating improved sanitation facility, increase in women literacy and full immunization. Child health and nutritional status is a major public health issue in the world as they play an important role in overall development and wellbeing of children.[1,2] The latest report of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) revealed that malnourishment (45%), Pneumonia (15%), diarrhoea (8%), malaria (5%) and others (9%) are major responsible causes for the death of under children in the world.[3] malnutrition reduces immunity and causes increased vulnerability to infections like diarrhoea[3,4,5] and which are globally the common causes of morbidity and mortality specially among under-five years children.[6] Every year globally 2.5 million children die due to diarrhoea[7,8] and 3 million children die due to malnutrition.[9] In this context different studies point out socioeconomic conditions and education level of the parents have a significant impact on child nutritional status.[10] A study by Mallick, 2021 shows that socioeconomic variable and health care services have a negative relation with child morbidity.[11] The National
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