Health effects of Infants from adolescent mother in YangTalat district, Kalasin Province

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is an ongoing public health problem and continued to increase in Thailand. This problem has consequences for the baby. This descriptive research aimed to study baby development, nutritional status and vaccination coverage of infants from adolescent mothers in Yang Talat District, Kalasin Province. The data were collected using by questionnaire, and copied the data from the mother and child health handbook and developmental surveillance and promotion manual of infants of the adolescent mothers in Yang Talat District, Kalasin Province from October 1st, 2019 to September 31th 2020, which had
112 adolescent mothers. Statistical analysis used descriptive statistics.

            The results found that the birth weight of newborns from adolescent mothers were <2,500 gram about 16.96%. Most babies of the study about 37.5% had received a combination of formula feeding and breastfeeding. For growth and nutritional status of children 6 months and 18 months, about 7.1 % and 6.4% of the children had lower than standard and higher than standard, respectively. While nutritional status was evaluated by measuring height and age, it found about 10.7% in height below standard. By measuring weight for height, it found that about 8.9% and 6.3% was relatively thin/thin and initiating obesity/obesity, respectively. For child development, most children 6 months of age about 96.9% and children 18 months of age about 95.7% were development of gross motor, respectively. For the development of expressive language, about 59.1% of children 6 months and 15.2% of children 18 months were found delayed and suspected development. The completely basic vaccinated status of children following the immunization schedule was 98.5% of children 6 months and 97.8% of children 18 months whereas, 1.5 percent and 2.2 percent of children were incompleteness, respectively.

          From the findings the antenatal care program needs to be reconsidered in terms of nutritional to prevent intrauterine growth retardation and prevent preterm labor. After birth, growth and development for at least 5 years are considered continuously.