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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
versión impresa ISSN 1814-5469versión On-line ISSN 2308-0531
Resumen
FIESTAS, Jorge Silva; SILVA, Victor Diaz y OSADA LIY, Jorge. Efficacy of nutritional talks in the prevention of anemia in children (6 to 36 months of age) from a health center in Chiclayo, Peru. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.1, pp.73-78. Epub 25-Ene-2023. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i1.5302.
Introduction:
There is a high prevalence of anemia in Peruvian children.
Objective:
To evaluate the effectiveness of nutritional talks in the reduction and prevention of anemia in boys and girls from 6 to 36 months of age.
Methods:
Longitudinal analytical study of retrospective cohorts. The sample included 78 children attended at a primary health care center. The information was extracted from a database generated by the center. The hemoglobin (Hb) level was recorded close to the date of the intervention and in subsequent controls ≥1 month.
Results:
41 children (52.6%) participated in the nutritional talk, not observing significant differences with the group that did not participate. A higher frequency of anemia was observed in the group that did not participate in the nutritional talk (23%) compared to the group that did participate (0%), a significant difference was evidenced in the time between Hb evaluations (p<0.001). and the indication of micronutrients (p<0.001) for both groups. Despite this, there was no significant difference between the initial and final Hb values.
Conclusion:
Children whose parents participated in nutritional talks had less anemia. This suggests that nutritional talks could help prevent anemia.
Palabras clave : Anemia; Applied Nutrition Programs; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Infant care. (Source: MeSH NLM)..