Nutritional Status Assessment for displaced children in Dibagah shelter

Fatma Q. Hamamurad; Rafiq M.S. Rashid; Sazan M Haidary

doi:10.25212/lfu.qzj.8.3.53

Authors

Fatma Q. Hamamurad Department of Food Technology, College of Agricultural Engineering Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq
Rafiq M.S. Rashid Department of Food Science and Quality Control, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Sulaimani University, Sulaimani, Iraq
Sazan M Haidary Department of Food Technology, College of Agricultural Engineering Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25212/lfu.qzj.8.3.53

Keywords:

Displaced children, Growth rate, Nutritional Status, Hemoglobin, Percentile

Abstract

In developing nations, especially those with unstable security, malnutrition is one of the most pressing public health issues. This research study aimed to identify malnutrition biomarkers (Hemoglobin) and the nutritional status of children under 5 years old. Who was displaced and survived in the dibagah shelter northern part of Iraq. The nutritional status was used for sixty of children, (33) male and (27) female. 12 to 59 months is the age of the children. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Anthropometric measurements were calculated for weight-for-age, height-for-age, and Head-circumference. Therefore, the nutritional status of children compared to the standard growth of children was published by World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006. For the hematological test, Hemoglobin level (Hb) was measured. The findings indicated a high prevalence of nutritional status. Our study indicated that the nutritional status of children was slightly poor, the growth rate of males from 12-24 months was 11.56 g/day but for females were 7.45 g/day. Mostly the results for all groups were plotted under the 50 percentiles. To the results of the hematological test of children, hemoglobin level was not significant differences (p˃0.05) among the sexes and ages of the periods.

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