Open AccessDepartment of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta
Author(s) -
Sri Rochani Sudjarwo,
Sunarwati Sularyo,
Sudiyanto Sudiyanto,
Aliamran Rasjid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi18.9-10.1978.243-62
Subject(s) - medicine , indonesian , ethnic group , child health , dimension (graph theory) , pediatrics , environmental health , family medicine , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , pure mathematics
From studies of the Indonesian children in good socio-economic condition a conclusion can be made, that they are all in a good nutritional status, so that this physical dimension can be used as indices of health of the Indonesian preschool children. But this so-called ethnic standard, using an ”optimum” group, must be kept up-to-date and reviewed every 5 years or so (Janes, 1975), remembering the probable existence of a secular trend. It is still a task to do for establishing the most effective methods to bring about an all-round improvement in the health and nutritional status of the children as great as possible, and to enable the children to get more benefit from the education which is available.