Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Program approach on nutritional aspects for development

For developing country nutrition training must be field-cum-problem oriented, need based, integrated with activities of agriculture and education sectors of the national development programs to overcome malnutritions of all stages people . A sound nutrition program approach should have the following;
1. Nutrition Education
Training on nutrition education for Health professionals, Schools teachers and students would be necessary. Parents and Caregivers, Mother, Grandmother, community leaders, political persons, government personnel etc may be include as participants of the training/orientations.
2. Applied nutrition projects
Orientation in model nutrition projects in the community is an essential to increase nutritional status among the population particularly infants, children and adolescents. Like school lunch program, establish maternity and child health corner, demonstration of model kitchen garden, Cover all children under vaccination. 
3. Nutrition based information dissemination
A National nutrition information service may play a vital role in disseminating news on nutritional research developments to people through mass media and professionals through news papers, electronic media, Journal and bulletins, articles from time to time.  
4. Evaluation of Nutrition program
All program must have a built in self evaluation process which may help as a feedback mechanism for further modification if necessary.  
Summary:
For proper nutrition of a child all the factors mentioned above are to be carefully addressed or observed by government, NGO’s, researchers as well as health professionals. Any of the factors specially political unrest and natural disaster like flood, earthquake, climate change etc; overlooked or abnormally adopted will lead to malnutrition. So, we said that a conscious people whom protect his or her family from malnutrition. Finally, we may recommend political stability and commitment of a government is play vital role in development country to remove malnutrition from children and make child friendly atmosphere where is no malnourish children.   

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