Authors Keywords: air pollution, childhood, community, intervention, pneumonia, Abstract

Background: 

Pneumonia, one leading  cause of mortality in children. Preventing pneumonia related deaths is an urgent priority to meet sustainable development goals.

Aim & Objective:

Settings and Design: Community based cross sectional study in two registered slums Chandmarighat and Graham bazar in Dibrugarh, Assam.

Methods and Material:

 Two registered slums were chosen and a baseline cross sectional study was done to list out the risk factors. Based on the risk factors, community based intervention was done in one while no intervention was done in the other. Taking 95% confidence interval for two tail distribution, the sample size in each of the slums was 300 .

Statistical analysis used:

Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 20, rates, ratios, proportions, univariate and multivariate analysis.

Results:  In the intervened area, 9.33% of children suffered from pneumonia in comparison to 16.33% in non intervention area and this was significant (p<0.001). Univariate analysis reported that initiation of complementary feeding before 6 months and indoor air pollution were associated with pneumonia in intervened area(p<0.001). Multivariate analysis was done and type of family, complementary feeding before 6 months and indoor air pollution were associated with pneumonia in intervened area.

Conclusions:Community based interventions targeting the established risk factors found effective in reducing the childhood pneumonia.

Key-words: air pollution, childhood, community, intervention, pneumonia

Key Messages: Childhood is a crucial period and nurturing during this period both from care giver and provider gives better health outcome and survival.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

How to Cite

1.

Nirmolia N, Mahanta TG, Roy S. Effect of community based intervention on childhood pneumonia and its risk factors in slums of Dibrugarh, Assam. Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 2];36(1). Available from: http://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/2654

Issue Section

Original Article