LESSON PLAN

ON PREVENTION OF MALNUTRITION

SEAT No: 11 SUBMITTED TO: Dr. Shobha Gaikwad

 LESSON PLAN

 Subject :Child health nursing

 Topic : Prevention of malnutrition
 Group : 3rd Year Basic BSc. Nursing
 Date and Time : 14/01/2022 8-30am to 8-50am
 Venue : 3rd year BSc nursing virtual classroom.
 Method of Teaching : Lecture cum discussion.
 Teaching Aids : PPT, chart, flash cards

 Knowledge assumed : The students may have some knowledge about malnutrition and its
prevention

 AIM : At the end of the session students will be able to explain prevention of malnutrition in detail.

 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES : The students will be able to

 Define malnutrition
 Explain the prevention of malnutrition
 Describe the preventive measure in detail
TIME CONTRIBUTORY CONTENT TEACHING AV AIDS
OBJECTIVES LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
3min The students will be able INTRODUCTION Student PPT
tointroduce malnutrition In India there are about 60 million malnourished teacher will
children and every month about one lakh children die introduce the
due to effects of malnutrition. The effects of topic
malnutrition on the community are both direct and malnutrition
indirect. The direct effects are the occurrence of frank with the help
anf subclinical nutritional deficiencies such of PPT
kwashiorkor, marasmus. The indirect effects are a
high morbidity and mortality among young children,
retardation of physical and mental growth and
development.
The students will be able
4min
to explain the preventive The student
measures of malnutrition PREVENTION OF MALNUTRITION teacher will Chart
explain the
There is no simple solution of the problems of preventive
malnutrition. Prevention of PEM needs various measure of
approaches from all levels. Nutrition education is the malnutrition
highest priority to prevent this problem. Other with the help
preventive measures includes following of chart
1. Health promotion
2. Specific protection
Students will be able to 3. Early detection and protection
13min describe the each 4. Rehabilitation falshcards
preventive measure in
detail Student
1. Health promotion
 Improvement of health of pre-pregnant state, teacher will
pregnant mother and lactating women towards describe each
healthy mother for healthy child. preventive
 Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding up to 4-6 measure with
months of age to prepare firm base of child help of flash
health and promotes nutritional status cards
 Appropriate weaning practices and necessary
nutritional supplements
 Improvement of family dietary habit with locally
available low cost food items for balanced diets
 Nutrition education and nutrition counselling to
promote correct feeding practices, food habits,
food hygiene, safe water, environmental
sanitation and to eliminate misconceptions
regarding food and feedings
 Improvement of home economics, earnings,
adequate dietary budget and diet planning for
family members
 Birth spacing and regulating family size
 Promotion of educational status especially
women literacy to improve family health
 Provision of nutritional supplements from ICDS
 centers and school
 Maintenance of healthy family environment for
physical, mental and psychological
development of children

2. Specific protection
 Provision of balanced diet with adequate
proteins and energy for all children according to
the age
 Immunization against vaccine preventable
diseases
 Promotion and maintenance of hygienic
measures
 Food fortification to enrich food items

3. Early diagnosis and treatment

Periodic health checkup of all children for
health supervision and maintenance of growth
chart
Student
Detection of growth lag as early as possible
teacher will
Early diagnosis nd management of infections,
summarize the
worm infestations
topic
Promotion of early rehydration therapy in case
of diarrhea Student
Implementation of supplementary feeding teacher will
programs and services conclude the
 topic

SUMMARY
Today we have seen what is malnutrition and Student
prevention of malnutrition. teacher will ask
questions
CONCLUSION

Malnutrition has a direct link with child survival and Questionnaires

development. Malnutrition can be prevented with
simple intervention. Optimal Infant and young child
feeding is the
cornerstone.

RECAPITULATION

1. Define malnutrition
2. Explain primary prevention of malnutrition

ASSIGNMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Pediatric nursing Parul datta 4th edition Jayppe
publications New Delhi page no 187-188
 Ghai essential paediatrics Vinod K paul Arvind
Bugga 8th edition CBS publications page no 100