EFFICACY OF NUTRITIONAL TALKS IN THE PREVENTION OF ANEMIA IN CHILDREN (6 TO 36 MONTHS OF AGE) FROM A HEALTH CENTER IN CHICLAYO, PERU.

EFICACIA DE CHARLAS NUTRICIONALES EN LA PREVENCIÓN DE ANEMIA EN NIÑOS (6 A 36 MESES DE EDAD) DE UN CENTRO DE SALUD EN CHICLAYO, PERÚ.

ANEMIA prevention; INFANT care; HEMOGLOBINS; MULTIVARIATE analysis; RETROSPECTIVE studies; ACQUISITION of data; MANN Whitney U Test; FISHER exact test; ANEMIA in children; RISK assessment; PRIMARY health care; NUTRITION education; INFANT nutrition; ANEMIA; DISEASE prevalence; MEDICAL records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software; LONGITUDINAL method; DISEASE risk factors

Introducción: Se han creado programas de prevención y control debido a la alta prevalencia de anemia en niños y niñas peruanos.Objetivo: Evaluar la ecacia de las charlas nutricionales en la disminución y prevención de anemia en niños y niñas de 6 a 36 meses de edad. Métodos: Estudio longitudinal analítico de cohortes retrospectiva. La muestra incluyó 78 niños atendidos en un centro de atención primaria en salud. La información se extrajo de una base de datos generada por el centro. Se registró el nivel de hemoglobina (Hb) cerca a la fecha de la intervención y en controles posteriores ≥1 mes.Resultados: 41 niños (52,6%) participaron en la charla nutricional, no observándose diferencias signicativas con el grupo que no participó. Se observó una mayor frecuencia de anemia en el grupo que no participó en la charla nutricional (23%) con respecto al que si participó (0%), se evidenció diferencia signicativa en el tiempo entre evaluaciones de Hb (p<0,001) y la indicación de micronutrientes (p<0,001) para ambos grupos. A pesar de ello no hubo diferencia signicativa entre los valores de Hb inicial y nal. Conclusión: Los niños cuyos padres participaron en las charlas nutricionales tuvieron menos anemia. Esto sugiere que las charlas nutricionales podrían ayudar a prevenir la anemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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 signicant 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 signicant 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 signicant difference between the initial and nal Hb values. Conclusion: Children whose parents participated in nutritional talks had less anemia. This suggests that nutritional talks could help prevent anemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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