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A College Reaching Out to Society: A Practical Model for Knowledge Dissemination
Abstract
The article is based on the study of nutritional status of girl students attending an Urban College in Kolkata, India. Their nutritional status was evaluated through their food chart, weight and height measurement, their family socio-economic condition and female nutritional condition under disproportionate male female ratio present in the family. The data collection was made through direct interaction and also through questionnaire containing information sheet to learn the regular diet chart of the respondents, number of members in the family and family income. The arrangement for occasional and need based involvement of medical practitioner was made to investigate significant cases of special nature. The overall aim of the research was to set up a cue to the family socio-economic condition and its correlation with women nutritional position. The data collection method was innovative because it was conducted following parallel interaction method through students to students interaction in the class room situation. The data collectors included the girl students from Human Rights Cell, and the respondents included the willing girl students from the basic streams. The method of information gathering was evolved through direct interaction and also through questionnaire. The research aimed at imbibing nutritional awareness along with the nutritional analysis of the students (both the investigators and the investigated) through interaction and through discussion awareness. The awareness part aimed to inform the young women about their nutritional position and the need for their better nutritional condition as the future mothers. The uniqueness of the program includes data collection and information dissemination through peer group interaction. The overall outcome was to reach out to the women students with low cost nutritional chart and awareness against junk food with fitness diet chart prescribed by the medical practitioner. As a Best Practice Measure, the proposed research cum nutritional awareness program aimed to adopt corrective and remedial measure for students` general health. To find out the causes and consequences of sudden illness (attack of pain, fits and other ailments) as an outcome of nutritional deficiency detected among them through nutrition study and general health trend as observed from daily incidence. The overall aim of the nutritional study was to aware the students regarding their rights to stay healthy and receive proper attention of their nutritional condition as a matter of their rights. The overall aim of the study is to help the young women to stay healthy as a matter of their rights...
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