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ThesisItem Open Access Impact of small and medium town development programme of UNICEF on women and children with special reference to the nutrition status(College of Rural Home Science, Vellayani, 1987) Jayasree, M J; KAU; Prema, LA study on the impact of small and medium town development programme of UNICEF on women and children with special reference to the nutrition status was conducted at kayamkulam and Shertallay municipalities to assess the nutritional status of the beneficiaries of the programme, through diet survey, anthropometric, clinical and biochemical methods, Knowledge on health and nutrition gained and retained by the women beneficiaries and their attitude towards different programmes implemented under SMTD were also assessed. The result of the diet survey conducted in the two municipalities among 100 families each, depicted that most of the families were of nuclear type with moderate literacy level. Nearly half of the families surveyed were below poverty line in both the municipalities.ThesisItem Open Access Nutritional factors involved in the goitrogenic action of cassava(College of Rural Home Science, Vellayani, 1987) Parvathy Radhakrishnan; KAU; Prema, LThe present investigation was undertaken to assess the goitrogenic action of cassava. The study this antithyroid action of cassava hydrocyanic acid content of six varieties of cassava commonly used in Kerala were assessed. M-4 a popular variety and H-165 which contains the highest concentration of hydrocyanic acid were selected for further experiments. Under various processing methods, soaking and sundrying for four days was found to be the most effective detoxification method. Among the various food tasters tested, lime juice was found to be the most effective ingredient in reducing hydrocyanic acid content. A preliminary feeding trial was conducted for thirty days.ThesisItem Open Access Importance of oral rehydration therapy in the control of diarrhoea in the coastal areas of Trivandrum District(College of Rural Home Science, Vellayani, 1987) Gincy George; KAU; Prema, LA study on the importance of oral rehydration therapy is conducted at muslim colony located in Vizhinjam panchayat, to assess the prevalence of diarrhoea among infants and preschool children and its impact on infant mortality rate, to find out the causative factors responsible for the incidence of diarrhoea, to popularise oral rehydration solution as a preventive measure to reduce diarrhoea through various educational methods and to evaluate the education programmes conducted.ThesisItem Open Access Family education programmes implemented by the state development department for the uplift of scheduled caste habitats of Trivandrum district(Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1986) Jesy, T C; KAU; Prema, LThe study entitled "Family education programmes implemented by the State Development Department for the uplift of scheduled caste habitats of Trivandrum district" was conducted to find out the knowledge retained by the scheduled caste women by attending the family education camps conducted by the State Development Department. The study was conducted at two levels, one at the block level and another at the participant level. Separate formats and schedules were prepared for this purpose and the data were collected at the block level by verification of records and at the participant level by interview method.ThesisItem Open Access Impact of a campaign on better infant feeding practices conducted at Kayamkulam and Sherthala Municipalities(Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1984) Jaifanisa Beegum, A; KAU; Prema, LA campaign on better infant feeding practices was conducted at Kayamkulam and Sherthala with the main objectives; to encourage the women who are already breast feeding, by imparting scientific information on the practice to discourage artificial feeding;to impart knowledge about the introduction of complementary foods at the correct time even when breast feeding is continued and to train the personnel of the SMTD Project, school teachers etc. so that the trained personnel in turn may continue to disseminate knowledge on better infant feeding practices including breast feeding to others who have not had the benefit of attending such programmes.ThesisItem Open Access Developing indegenous weaning food based on banana flour(Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1988) Sheela, Prasad; KAU; Prema, LA study was conducted to develop a weaning food based on banana flour which is nutritious, low cost and acceptable. The Banana flour was supplemented with horsegram, sesame and skim milk powder to improve the nutritive value. Based on the nutritive value and chemical score, six combinations of the weaning formulae were developed. Protein quality of the weaning formulae assessed through animal experimental revealed that the weaning food which contains banana flour, horsegram , sesame and skim milk powder in the ratio 3:2:3:2 gave significantly better values for all the criteria. The acceptability of the weaning formulae was assessed by the panel members, mothers and children. The results of the study indicate that the bland porridge prepared with the weaning formulae was acceptable. The bland porridge was deficient in calories, Vitamin A and iron. Other food ingredients were added to make up these deficiencies and two recipes were standardized. The recipes were also found to be acceptable for the panel members and children.ThesisItem Open Access Performance of balwadi teachers under small and medium town development project- an evaluation study(College of Rural Home Science, Vellayani, 1987) Saralamma, G; KAU; Prema, Ln this study entitled the performance of Balawadi teachers under SMTD programme, the investigator seeks to find out the basic amenities available to the Balawadi teachers for fulfilling their job responsibilities. The main findings of the study are: 1. The scrutiny of the availability of basic amenities in the balawadi such as building, furniture, play equipment, kitchen facilities and drinking water facilities revealed that the absence or inadequacy of these amenities are the major obstacles in running the balawadies efficiency. 2. The balawadi teachers were found to take initiative in conducting meetings at nutrition forums regularly and financial strategy is the major obstacle in the effective functioning of the nutrition forums. 3. Lack of exposure to recent development in the field of nutrition and health is found to be another obstacle for the conduct of activities under these forums.