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KMID : 1155220200450030255
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Journal of the Korean Society of Health Information and Health Statistics
2020 Volume.45 No. 3 p.255 ~ p.260
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Comparison of Malnutrition Status in Preschool Children between North Korean Refugee Families and South Korean Families
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Kim So-Yeong
Park Seon-Young
Choi Seong-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study compared the malnutrition status of North Korean refugee families preschoolers and South Korean families preschoolers.
Methods: This study analyzed 1:2 match preschool children in a South Korea families with the same sex and age as those in a North Korea refugee families. The preschool children in North Korea refugee families were interviewed directly, while preschool children in South Korea families used the National Health and Nutrition Survey. The general characteristics of the study subjects were analyzed using frequency and proportion, mean and standard deviation, and the average difference between preschoolers in North Korean and preschoolers in South Korea was t-test, distribution. Chi-square test was used for the difference. The significance level for all analyzes was defined as less than 0.05.
Results: The rate of stunting was 0.9% for preschool children in South Korean families and 5.4% for preschool children in North Korean refugee families (p= 0.018). WHZ > 2.0 was 10.7% for preschool children in North Korean refugee families and 2.7% for preschool children in South Korean families (p= 0.004).
Conclusions: Malnutrition was still a problem for North Korean refugee preschool children and overweight has been newly identified.
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KEYWORD
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Democratic people’s Republic of Korea, Nutrition, Preschool children, Refugee
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