Role Of Education And Training In Reducing Malnutrition Among Adults Of Slums In Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Incidence of adult malnutrition is widely viewed in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Women are more malnourished as compare to the male. The lower literacy rate among adults is the main problem of higher incidence of malnutrition. As the educational attainment of women increases in years, the incidence of malnutrition declines in suburb. The physical household asset holding among malnourished adults is low. The modern contraceptive use is low among malnourished adults due to lack of knowledge and availability of contraceptive method. Health care access for pre and post natal care among malnourished female is very low. The logistic regression results for female shows that the malnourishment is positively correlated to sex, drinking water trips by women and children, purify water, female sterilization and immediate breastfeeding. It is negatively co-related to age, education, per capita income, source of water, number of trips, pills and IUD. The logistic regression for men shows negative correlation with sex, age, education, television, and withdrawal method of contraceptive. It is positively correlated to knowledge of nutrition. Therefore state government must frame policies to improve health of people in slums of metropolitan region. There is need to provide infrastructural facilities such as water supply, sanitation, sewage, electricity and roads in slums. Health care staff must provide pre and post natal care and modern contraceptive methods in slums. The government must provide income generating activities in slums. It will help to improve income and asset holding among poor people. Government must invest more in skill up gradation programs to improve the quality of human resource in region. Such policies will certainly help to reduce to incidence of adult malnutrition in Mumbai Metropolitan Region.