According to table III significantly
higher proportions of mothers anganwadi
children suffered from diarrhea don’t
practice hand washing before preparation of
food, before feeding to kids but do practice
after defecation whereas majority of mothers
of private school children use to practice
hand washing before preparation of food,
before feeding to kids & after defecation.
Figure I shows majority of
anganwadi children were found to be ingrade I & II malnutrition according to Indian
Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) guidelines
compared to private school children.
An intensive health education
session was given to the mothers of all
children’s after 1st follow up which included
signs & symptoms of ADD, effects of ADD
on child development & WHO guidelines
for correct hand washing method was taught
with practical demo for the period of
1month with regular intervals. After H.E
session again follow up was done for the
period of 3months for occurrence of
diarrhea.
Attack rate was drastically reduced
to 15% among private pre-primary school
children & 55% among anganwadi children
with total attack rate of 36%. Mean episode
of diarrhea was also reduced among private
pre primary school children t0 0.09±0.2 per
child and among anganwadi children’s
0.28±0.4 per child.