Abstract

LAFUENTE Y., K.V.; RODRIGUEZ, S; FONTAINE, V.  and  YANEZ V., R.. Prevalence of chronic under nutrition of children under 5 years served in the Center of Health management Tacopaya, first half 2014. Gac Med Bol [online]. 2016, vol.39, n.1, pp.26-29. ISSN 1012-2966.

Objective: determine the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children < 5 years, treated at the outpatient Health Center Tacopaya of the Cochabamba Arque province in the first half of 2014. Material and methods: A descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional study was performed, including 654 children, reported in the SNIS. Data on height, weight, age, sex and age group were collected and analyzed, in agreement to WHO standards, to determine the height-for-age chronic malnutrition anthropometric indicator. Our data, tabulated in Excel, were stratified by sex, age group and compared to other year periods. Results: among the 361 (55,20%) boy and 293 (40,8 %) girls treated for height control weight at the Tacopaya Health Center, 106 (16,2%) showed chronic malnutrition. The highest number of chronic malnutrition was in the age group of 1 year to less than 2 years and in the male group. The lowest record of chronic malnutrition was for children less than 1 year. Conclusions: chronic malnutrition in children less than 5-year-old, attending the Tacopaya outpatient Health Center, reached 16,2% in 2014, showing higher prevalence in boys than in girls. Children up to 1 year to less than 2 years were the most affected. Malnutrition remains a serious problem still affecting the Bolivian population. This information may be useful for planning nutritional interventions aiming to reduced chronic malnutrition.

Keywords : malnutrition; prevalence; Cochabamba.

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