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Prevalência de anemia e suas relações entre mães e filhos pré-escolares em um município de elevado Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Cintra, Sílvia Maira Pereira |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Cintra SMP. Prevalence of anemia and its relationships between mothers and kindergarten children in a municipality with high Human Development Index [thesis]. São Paulo: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP; 2018. Introduction The iron deficiency anemia, an important public health problem in both developing and developed countries, affects mainly under five-year-old children and women of reproductive age. Objective to analyze the prevalence of anemia in women with children under 5 years-old enrolled in municipal day care centers in a municipality with a high Human Development Index. Methods cross-sectional study. Sample consisting of 230 pairs of biological mothers aged 15-49 years and their under five-year-old children, who attended public day care centers in the city of Taubaté-SP. The data collection was performed through a questionnaire completed by those responsible for the child and a form applied to the mothers, to obtain information on socioeconomic and health factors of the woman and the child. The weight, height, and blood hemoglobin concentration of the capillary blood were verified from the mother and her respective son, with an immediate reading by the portable hemoglobinometer. Descriptive analyzes were made through measures of central tendency and dispersion proportions test, also a binary logistic analysis of multiple variables. Results the prevalence of anemia in women was 9,6% and in children 16.9%. For women, the analyzed variables that showed an association with anemia were: age, being a carrier of disease, having had obstetric intercurrences and being attended by the Family Health Strategy, the latter appearing as a protection factor for the woman. In the multivariate analysis, only Family Health Strategy remained associated, while the other variables did not maintain a statistically significant association with anemia. Paradoxically, maternal anemia is not related to childhood anemia, and there was no correlation between the hemoglobin level of anemic and non-anemic mothers with their children's hemoglobin level. Conclusion Although anemia in this high Human Development Index population was of low prevalence, according to World Health Organization criteria, it affected one in ten mothers and one in six children. This shows that there is still a need for targeted attention to this condition in women of reproductive age and in children under five years old. Although in the population group there are similarities to the analyzed variables, it is necessary to look closely at the needs, especially in relation to children, with a reinforcement in the maintenance of intersectoral actions between health and education aimed at the prevention of iron deficiency anemia. Descriptors: Iron deficiency anemia; Children; Woman; Hemoglobin; Prevalence. |
| Starting Page | 79 |
| Ending Page | 79 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.11606/T.6.2018.tde-13042018-102353 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6136/tde-13042018-102353/publico/SilviaMairaPereiraCintraREVISADA.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.11606/T.6.2018.tde-13042018-102353 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
