A Review on Child Socioeconomic Background and Health Conditions

Abstract

Child health is very vital part of our community. It is a basic foundation of adult health in future. It is very important to protect child health. Malnutrition and poverty are major issues and problems in India which affect child’s health. There are 40% of children are underweight. Near about 46% of maternal death and 40% of neonatal death record has found during labor. There are 35% of death due to premature birth, 35% of death due to neonatal infection, 20% of death due to asphyxia, and 9% of deaths due to congenital malformation. Near about 3.5 million babies born prematurely while 1.7 million babies born with birth defects. The data of 2022 have shown 22.3% shown stunted growth among under five children. There are 3% of children from poor household who were suffer from acute respiratory infection. Socioeconomic status of child plays an important role in maintaining children’s optimal health. Socioeconomic status of children involves parent’s education, parent’s occupation, and family income. Education plays an important role in maintaining health. It creates awareness about health, health condition, diseases, prevention of diseases, knowledge regarding diet, exercise, and healthy lifestyle. Parent’s occupation is a second more component which can show positive effect on child’s health. In this research, researcher is interested to use modified Kuppuswamy scale and to find socioeconomic status of children. Furthermore, health condition of children will get assessed using structured 5-point Likert’s scale.