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
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44(1): 41-49, ene.-feb. 2002.
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in Spanish
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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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Main subject:
Family Characteristics
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Nutrition Disorders
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Salud pública Méx
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social/MX
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