?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Impact+of+Prenatal+Checkups+of+Mothers+and+Immunization+of+Children+on+the+Health+Status+of+Children+(0-3+years)+-+A+Study+in+Rural+areas+of+Aligarh+District%2C+Uttar+Pradesh.&rft.creator=Alim%2C+Farzana&rft.creator=Jahan%2C+Farhat&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background+and+objectives%3A+A+survey+based+study+on+rural+areas+of+Aligarh+District+was+conducted+to+assess+the+prenatal+checkups+pregnant+women+and+its+effects+on+health+status+of+children+between+the+age+of+(0-3+years)%2C+and+immunization+received+by+children+and+its+effects+on+their+health+status.+Methods%3A+Five+hundred+children+from+five+villages+of+rural+areas+of+Aligarh+District+were+randomly+selected.+For+the+purpose+of+the+study%2C+a+self+prepared+structured+interview+schedule+was+used.+To+get+the+qualitative+information+of+the+study+anthropometric+measures+include+height+weight+were+used+for+assessing+growth+pattern+of+the+child.+The+stepwise+analysis+of+two+variables+height+for+age+and+weight+for+age+was+done+on+the+basis+of+Water+low%E2%80%99s+and+Gomez%E2%80%99+classification.+To+examine+the+relationship+between+Health+Status+of+the+child+and+selected+variable+that+affects+Health+Status+of+children%2C+Chi-square+test+was+employed.+Results%3A+Based+on+Gomez%E2%80%99+classification+out+of+88%25+mothers+who+did+not+go+for+prenatal+ups+majority+80%25+of+children+were+underweight%2C+and+80%25+of+children+who+did+not+receive+immunization+majority+60%25+were+underweight.+Based+on+Waterlow%E2%80%99s+classification+majority+68%25+of+children+were+stunted+whose+mother+did+not+go+for+prenatal+checkups+and+50%25+of+their+children+were+stunted+who+did+not+receive+immunization.+Conclusion%3A+Majority+of+children+were+stunted+whose+mother+did+not+go+for+prenatal+checkup+and+the+children+who+did+not+receive+immunization.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-10-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7114%2F1%2F2010-3-10.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alim%2C+Farzana+and+Jahan%2C+Farhat++(2010)+Impact+of+Prenatal+Checkups+of+Mothers+and+Immunization+of+Children+on+the+Health+Status+of+Children+(0-3+years)+-+A+Study+in+Rural+areas+of+Aligarh+District%2C+Uttar+Pradesh.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7114%2F