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    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; Prema, L
    A 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.