More Action to Combat Malnutrition : Creation of little Community-based

Management of Malnutrition Program

Introduction:
The health of children and youth is of fundamental importance. Without
ensuring optimal child growth and development efforts to accelerate economic
development significantly will be unsuccessful. Good nutrition is a basic requirement
for good health.
Malnutrition is a silent emergency. Malnutrition is both undernutrition and over
nutrition ranging from severe nutrient deficiencies to extreme obesity. Globally; more
than one third of child deaths are attributable to under nutrition. Nutrition plays a key
role in physical, mental and emotional development of children and much emphasis
has been given to provide good nutrition to growing populations especially in the
formative years of life.
Anthropometric assessment is widely used and often regarded as the best single
measure for health and nutritional status in children Interpretation of the growth of a
population is largely dependent on the growth reference standard used. The World
Health Organization (WHO) published the Child Growth Standard for infants and
children up to the age of 5 year based on a multi-country study on growth of healthy
breast-fed children under optimal conditions in April 2006.
There has been recorded alarming number of case of malnutrition in Kibawe
Bukidnon. Assessment is one thing but there must be more actions to combat
malnutrition.
This study is an attempt to determine the prevalence of malnutrition cases in
Kibawe Bukidnon, their causes and setting more actions to combat this through
advocacy in eradicating some causes of malnutrition in the place.

Learning Objectives :
Generally, this study will determine ways on how to eradicate causes of
malnutrition in Kibawe after identifying these causes through intensive interviews
and assessment.
Specifically, the researcher hoped to achieve the following objectives:
1. Assess cases of malnutrition in Kibawe Bukidnon in terms of the following;
a. Number of cases of malnutrition;
b. Most affected age group; and
c. Causes of malnutrition.
2. Identify causes of malnutrition;
3. Determine ways on how to eradicate these causes and
4. Apply these ways to the people in Kibawe who are malnourished.
Research Output and Product:

This research study aims to create a little Community-based Management of

Malnutrition program. In this program, the people who are identified as severely
wasted and malnourished regardless of age will be included in this program. Under
this program, there will be a one year orientation and teaching to the identified
malnourished. They will be given foods and activities to improve their status. At the
end of the year, their helath status will be assessed if there will be improvements.
Recommendation/ Policy Drafted /Communication Plan
Activity Participants Timeline Venue No. of
Pax/Co
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Malnutririon cases Nurses, January 5- Baranggay 100
assessment. Baranggay 15 Health Center
Health
Community will be Workers and
assesses physically to the
determine who are Community
classified as
malnourished.
Recording and tallying of Nurses January
data on who are 15-30
malnourished individual.
Result information and Nurses February
dessimination 5-
Orientation on what little February
Community-based 10
Management of
Malnutrition program is.
Start of the little Nurses, February
Community-based Baranggay 11-
Management of Health November
Malnutrition program Workers and 30
the identified
malnourished
individual.
First is a lecture type Nurses,
teaching on what Baranggay
malnutrition is, its causes Health
and how will it be Workers and
prevented. the identified
malnourished
individual.
Assessment/Evaluation on December
the effectiveness of the
program by comparing
the weight and health
status of the participants.

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