Factores familiares asociados al estado nutricional de niños/as, Subcentro de Salud La Victoria. Santa Rosa. 2016

Abstract

Background: The family is the axis of growth and development of children, therefore factors related to it, such as socioeconomic situation, basic services, eating habits, etc .; influence the child's health status and nutritional status (1). Objective: To determine family factors associated with the nutritional status of children, La Victoria Health Subcenter. Santa Rosa. 2016. Methods: Observational, analytical and cross-sectional study. We worked with 181 children from 0 to 5 years old who attended the Subcentre La Victoria. Participants signed consent and informed consent. A survey was applied to the parents, for the evaluation of the nutritional status was taken weight and height, and cephalic perimeter to children under 2 years; a form prepared by the authors, the INEC socio-economic stratification survey and the FF-SIL Survey; these were analyzed using the SPSS program, association using the Chi2 and risk factors with the Odds-Ratio. Results: The main nutritional problem found was overweight with 18.2% and obesity with 4.4%; 74.6% live in rural areas. The main work activity of the head of household is day laborer with 80% associated with a low socioeconomic condition with 57.7%. 11.7% of children whose mothers are knowledgeable about regular nutrition are of low height for age. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of overweight in the study population and also an important association between the mothers' knowledge about nutrition and the nutritional status of the children