Estrategias familiares de vida y su relación con desnutrición en niños menores de dos años / Family life strategies and their relation with malnutrition in children under 2 years old
Salud pública Méx
; 44(1): 41-49, ene.-feb. 2002.
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-331730
Biblioteca responsável:
MX1.1
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To identify the role of family life strategies on malnutrition in children aged 6-23 months of age. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
This case-control study was conducted in 1998 in the municipality of Teolocholco, State of Tlaxcala, Mexico, among families with children aged 6-23 months of age. The sample was conformed by 105 cases and 210 controls. Family life strategies were grouped into five types family composition, means and distribution of family income, family and social networks, and life preservation strategies. Malnutrition was classified according to height for age. Data were analyzed using logistic regression to obtain odds ratios and 95 confidence intervals.RESULTS:
Data were collected from 605 families, for a total of 445 controls and 160 cases. The predictive model included mother's schooling, overcrowding, time elapsed between childbirths, per capita monthly income, and time devoted to child-rearing activities.CONCLUSIONS:
Family life strategies determine children's nutritional status; understanding the influence of the family on the children's health status is necessary to develop effective programs aimed at improving the nutritional status of children.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Características da Família
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Distúrbios Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Preferência do paciente
Limite:
Humanos
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Lactente
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Salud pública Méx
Assunto da revista:
Saúde Pública
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
México
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/MX