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TITLE CEPILLO, Aldous M.

CEPILLO, Charlotte Jelaine M.
MONTANEZ, Angela Shayne C.

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RIVERA, Ryza V.

RESEARCH TITLE

The Effects Of Poverty And

Malnutrition Of Early Childhood
In Ilaya Malaban
RESEARCH AGENDA Page 15 of 15

Our research agenda focuses on the children born into

poverty are more likely to suffer a variety of health issues,
such as malnutrition, chronic disease, and mental illness.
Poverty places an additional burden on families, perhaps
leading to parental mental health and relationship issues,
financial difficulties, and substance abuse.
OBJECTIVES OF THE
STUDY

To encourage specific

Our goal in this topic is to

nutrition-related routines

understand the factors of

and behaviors in order to

malnutrition and the

change unhealthy habits.

consequences.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Malnutrition has a bad impact on one’s health,

It reduces the body’s immunological response,
People who are poor are more likely to various
forms of malnutrition. Malnutrition also raises
the costs of health care, reduces productivity,
and hinders economic growth.
SUPPORTING THEORIES
1
According to Jatinder K. Gulati In underdeveloped countries,
one out of every three children under the age of five is
malnourished. South Asia is obviously the worst hit region,
according to data. In South Asia, 50 percent of youngsters
are unable to satisfy their nutritional needs and are hence
malnourished.
 2
Malnutrition and ill health are linked to economic conditions, food
availability, and educational characteristics, according to experience.
Ignorance is likely the most significant barrier that the silent majority in
India faces. Because, even if individuals are poor, their health and
nutrition could be significantly improved if they knew what to do. Small
family norms, work opportunities, good drinking water, a clean
environment, and suitable farm and food regulations, including prices,
are just a few of the additional factors that might help improve
nutritional status.
 These theories are related to our
title/topic/study because they can help
us understand what poor and
malnourished people can do to address
this health issue, as well as avoid the
causes of malnutrition.
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SUPPORTING LITERATURE

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 Filipino children are more malnourished than ever (Aquino, N. 2016). 1.8

million children suffer from severe malnourishment. Ages 0-10 years old
are the most at risk of suffering malnourishment. Those children that

suffer from malnourishment are more prone to illnesses. The

government responded and launched a feeding program to address the

problem of undernutrition among public school students who are more

at risk of malnutrition. (Lowe, A. 2016). Despite its good effect on children

that suffer from malnutrition, some netizens say that it should not be

the only option to ease malnutrition in the Philippines. (“Malnutrition”,

2014).

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 According to Mera Kartika Delimayanti, Sigit Mulyono, Fajar Tri

Waluyanti (December 2015) This research proposes an alternative

early detecting system for child malnutrition within a number of

regions in which CHCs are located based on the development of a

web-based system for the child malnutrition surveillance and

integrated into an Internet network to facilitate its usage by

medical personnel. The system is mainly aimed to ease CHC officials

to input such systematic patient data that it is relatively fast to

identify if there is a possible indication of child malnutrition within

a particular area.

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 All five indicators are used as proxies of undernutrition relative to defined

threshold values. The most commonly-used measure is weight-for-age (WHO

Working Group 1986), which is used, e.g., in the Millennium Development Goals,

because it reveals both, acute and chronic, malnutrition (de Onis and Blössner

2003). Stunted growth, which means low height relative to age (HFA), is an

indicator of chronic malnutrition and early childhood illnesses. WFH is regarded

as an indicator of acute undernutrition because weight can drop rapidly in cases

of acute food shortages whereas height is unaffected by short-time changes in

the food supply. For adults, BMI is the most widely-used indicator, measuring

the current nutritional status; for children, reference standards and cut-offs for

BMI-for-age have only recently been developed and are not yet that widely used

(Cole, et al. 2007).

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 In the United States, the official poverty measure was based on several
studies conducted by Mollie Orshansky for the Social Security Administration.
Orshansky set about creating a measure of need that had a “scientific” basis.
At the time, however, scientific norms for family needs existed only for food
consumption. Accordingly, the poverty measure was originally defined using
figures for a minimally adequate diet developed by the US Department of
Agriculture. To obtain the poverty threshold, these figures were multiplied by
three, based on the assumption that food typically represented about one-
third of total family expenditures and that the remaining funds would prove
adequate to cover other basic expenses. Poverty thresholds differ by family
size and are adjusted annually for changes in the average cost of living in the
United States.

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REFERENCE
{1} Gulati, J. (2017). Child Malnutrition: Trends and Issues from
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09720073.2010.11891143

{2} Kartina, M, Mulyono, S. and Walyuyanti, FT (2015). Poverty and

Malnutrition Information System Review or Related Literature from
https://www.inettutor.com/source-code/poverty-and-malnutrition
information-system-review-or-related-literature/

{3} Lowe, A. (2016). The Effects of Poverty on Child Health and

Development from
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.463

 INDENTIFIED GAP/S THAT

SERVE AS DECIDING FACTORS
TO CONDUCT THE STUDY

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- What do the malnourished need to be addressed?

- Why are some people malnourished?

- What do the parents/ourselves do to avoid this body

health issue?
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THANK YOU!

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