Reduction of chronic malnutrition for infants in Bogotá, Colombia.

BACKGROUND: According to the 2015 National Survey of the Nutritional Situation in Colombia the prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age was 10.8%. In terms of region, Bogotá, presented the highest prevalence rate (13%), a figure that exceeded national records. With the collaboration of local and national government, and nongovernmental it was decided to develop a pilot study involving a public health intervention with residents of Bogotá under 1 year of age with nutritional classification by anthropometry compatible with stunting risk or stunting. METHODS: Pre-experimental, before and after study that sought to determine the magnitude of the change in nutritional status through a 10 months public health nutrition intervention in children under one-year-old residing in 3 prioritized territories of Bogotá. RESULTS: The intervention comprised 1126 children living in the following territories in Bogotá: Kennedy, San Cristóbal, and Engativá. A total of 43.3% children presented delay in height for age, and 56.7% presented risk of short stature. In the final measurement, data were obtained from 686 children, identifying that 17% of the children progressed from stunting to a stunting risk and that 4.5% recovered their growth trajectory, achieving an adequate length for their age. CONCLUSION: That children classified as at risk or stunting at the beginning of the intervention showed an increased probability of approaching or being in the appropriate growth trajectory according to the length-for-age indicator after the intervention.

Estrategia Instituciones Amigas de la Mujer y la Infancia, con enfoque integral en Colombia / Women-and Child-Friendly Institutional Strategies with an integral approach in Colombia

Implementar y documentar una estrategia de atención en salud materna e infantil de ámbito territorial y de las instituciones de salud no es frecuente. Por esta razón, el objetivo es presentar la experiencia realizada por un equipo consultor (dos médicos, dos nutricionistas y dos enfermeras), cuyo propósito era apoyar la implementación de la Estrategia Instituciones Amigas de la Mujer y la Infancia con enfoque integral en 25 instituciones prestadoras de salud de tres departamentos de Colombia (Cauca, Huila y Nariño), seleccionados según necesidades básicas insatisfechas. Considerada una estrategia de alta gerencia, plantea una metodología concreta que permite seguir a las instituciones una ruta exitosa, para implementar una estrategia de atención en salud y nutrición materna e infantil, y les ofrece la posibilidad de acreditarse voluntariamente como una Institución Amiga de la Mujer y la Infancia (AU)

It is uncommon to implement and document a maternal and child healthcare strategy on a territorial and institutional level is infrequent. Therefore, we aimed to describe the experience of a consulting team composed of two physicians, two nurses and two nutritionists, whose purpose was to support the introduction of the Women- and Child-Friendly Institutional Strategy with an integral approach in 25 healthcare institutions in three Colombian departments (Cauca, Huila and Nariño), according to unmet basic needs. The Women- and Child-Friendly Institutional Strategy, considered a senior management strategy, promotes a specific method that allows monitoring of institutions during the implementation of a health and nutritional care strategy for women and children, and offers them the possibility of voluntarily becoming accredited as a Women- and Child-Friendly Institutions (AU)

[Women-and Child-Friendly Institutional Strategies with an integral approach in Colombia]. / Estrategia Instituciones Amigas de la Mujer y la Infancia, con enfoque integral en Colombia.

It is uncommon to implement and document a maternal and child healthcare strategy on a territorial and institutional level is infrequent. Therefore, we aimed to describe the experience of a consulting team composed of two physicians, two nurses and two nutritionists, whose purpose was to support the introduction of the Women- and Child-Friendly Institutional Strategy with an integral approach in 25 healthcare institutions in three Colombian departments (Cauca, Huila and Nariño), according to unmet basic needs. The Women- and Child-Friendly Institutional Strategy, considered a senior management strategy, promotes a specific method that allows monitoring of institutions during the implementation of a health and nutritional care strategy for women and children, and offers them the possibility of voluntarily becoming accredited as a Women- and Child-Friendly Institutions.