ICMR Task Force National Collaborative Study on Identification of High Risk Families, Mothers and Outcome of their Off-springs with particular reference to the problem of maternal nutrition, low birth weight, perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality in rural and urban slum communities. Summary, conclusions and recommendations
Bhargava, S.K.; Singh, K.K.; Saxena, B.N.
Indian Pediatrics 28(12): 1473-1480
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-6061 PMID: 1819569 Document Number: 322424
The 'National Collaborative Study on Identification of High Risk Families, Mothers and Outcome of their Offsprings' was initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research in 1981 at the recommendation of its Task Forces on Nutrition, High Risk Pregnancies and Low Birth Weight with the following objectives: To identify the families at greater risk from health and nutritional point of view from data on nutritional status, past morbidity and mortality experience of the mothers and children. To study high risk urban slum and rural community ever married women of reproductive age period from prepregnant state of conception, and termination of pregnancy and relate the fetal outcome to social, environment, maternal nutritional and biological factors. To obtain information on utilization of available maternal and child health services during antenatal period of pregnancy, delivery and child birth, post partum period and for infant care. To record the current social and cultural practices and taboos regarding pregnancy, labor, child birth and infant feeding practices. To propectively study a cohort of pregnancies from high risk urban slum and rural communities from different regions of the country for recording vital rates for abortion, still birth, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality and factors influencing them. To develop "at risk approach" in delivery of perinatal and neonatal care from data obtained from the study. To study the prevalence and causes and outcome of low birth weight infants. To study the infant physical growth in the first year of life.