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Community Nutritional Program

The document outlines several key community nutritional programmes in India, including the mid-day meal programme, balwadi nutrition programme, vitamin A prophylaxis programme, programmes to prevent nutritional anemia and iodine deficiency, special nutrition programmes, and the integrated child development services programme. It then describes the roles and responsibilities of community health nurses in identifying and treating malnutrition, educating communities about nutrition, collecting health data, administering vitamin supplements, studying food habits, and assisting in nutrition rehabilitation programmes.

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Community Nutritional Program

The document outlines several key community nutritional programmes in India, including the mid-day meal programme, balwadi nutrition programme, vitamin A prophylaxis programme, programmes to prevent nutritional anemia and iodine deficiency, special nutrition programmes, and the integrated child development services programme. It then describes the roles and responsibilities of community health nurses in identifying and treating malnutrition, educating communities about nutrition, collecting health data, administering vitamin supplements, studying food habits, and assisting in nutrition rehabilitation programmes.

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DINSHA PATEL COLLEGE OF NURSING

COURSE NAME : DIPLOMA IN GENERAL


NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
(G.N.M.)
ACADEMIC YEAR : FIRST YEAR
SUBJECT NAME : COMMUNITY HEALTH
NURSING (NUTRITION)
UNIT : 6th
TUTORIL TITLE : COMMUNITY NUTRITIONAL
PROGRAMMES

Prepared by :
Mr. Kailash Nagar
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Programme in India :
A Mid day meal programme.
B Balwadi Nutrition Programme.
C Vitamin A prophylaxis programme
D Prophylaxis against nutritional anemia.
E Control of Iodine deficiency disorder.
F Special nutrition programme.
G Integrated child development services programme,
Mid Day Meal Programme :

• The mid day meal programme is also known as school lunch


programme. This programme has been in operation since 1961
throughout the country. The major objectives of the programme is
to attract more children for admission to school and retain them so
that literacy improvement of children could be brought about.
Midday meal programme has an important role in
providing balanced diet to school children.

Aims of Midday meal:


1 To fulfill one third nutrition requirement of school children.
2 To create interest about school and education among children.
3 To reduce absenteeism of children in school.
4 To provide relief to parents of poor children.
2. Balwadi Nutrition Programme
This programme was started in 1970 for the benefit of children in the
age group 3-6 years in rural areas. It is under the over all change
national level organization including the Indian council of child welfare
are given grants to implement the programme. Voluntary organization
which receive the funds are actively involved in the day to day
management. The programme is implemented though balwadi which
also provide pre- primary education to these children. The food
supplement provide 300k cal and 10 gram of protein per child per day.
3. Vitamin ‘A’ Prophylaxis programme
This programme was launched by the ministry of health and family
welfare in 1970 on the basis of technology developed at the national
instution of nutrition at Hyderabad. It is worth mentioning that India is
the first country in the world where the programme for prevention of
blindness due to deficiency of vitamin A was launched on a national
scale. This programme was run in seven states 1975, This programme in
being conducted nation wide.
Prophylaxis Against Nutritional Anemia
This programme was started by government of India under
the fourth 5 year plan under this Iron and Folic Acid
tablets are distributed among pregnant woman and
children between 1 and 12 years of age so that vulnerable
group can be saved from nutritional anemia.
Distribution of tablets is carried out in the
community center health centers and hospital. The tablets
are also distributed free of cost at antenatal clinics and
during home visits.
Besides tablets distributions nutrition
counseling fortification of salt with iron making availability
of food rich in iron and folic acid are other part of this
programme.
5. Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders

The National Goitre programme was launch by government of India in


1962 in
the conventional goitre belt in the Himalayan region with the objective of
identification of the goitre endemic areas to supply iodized salt in place of
common salt and assess the impact of goitre control measures over a
period
of time.

6. Special Nutrition Programme


This programme was started in 1970 for the nutritional benefit of
children below 6 years of age pregnant and nursing mother and is in
operation in urban, slums, tribal areas and backward rural areas. The
supplementary food supply about 300 k.cal and 10-12 grams of
protein per child per day. The beneficiary mother receive daily 5 gm
and 25 gm of protein. This supplement is
provided to them fromabout 300 days in a year.
This programme was originally launched
asa central programme.
7. Integrated Child Development Services Programme ( ICDS)
Integrated child development services programme was started in
1975 in pursuance of the National policy for children. There is a
strong nutrition components in this programme in the form of
supplementary nutrition, vitamin A prophylaxis and iron and folic
acid distribution. The beneficiaries are pre school children below
6 year pregnant & lactating mothers.

Role of Community health Nurse.


1. Identify cases of Mal Nutrition among pre school children,
one to five years and refer them to nutrition feeding centers
and to the medical officer public Health Centre.
2. Educate the community about nutritious diet for mother and
children.
3. He will work out the residential birth death and infant
Mortality rate, acute gastroenteritis and cause for specific
death rate for each of the panchayat in this area.
4 He will exhibit this data in graphs and charts in the
subcentres.
5 He will administer vitamin A conceptive once in 6 month
to all children from one year to five years.
6 The community health Nurse will have to study the food
habits of peoples & their views.
7 She needs to impart the knowledge of importance of
good nutrition with out hurting their cultural habits.
8 She needs to use all media of health education in
nutrition education.
9 She needs to demonstrate simple recipes which are
affordable and locally available.
10 She needs to identify the Malnourished children and
refers them
appropriately to the nutrition programme.
11 She assist in Nutrition rehabilitation programme.
12 She takes part in research activities.

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