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[Children with nutritional risk: evaluation of graphs in order to follow growth in a basic health unit of Ribeirao
Insights
This study identified children at nutritional risk in Ribeirão Preto, showing low socioeconomic status and high infection rates. These factors contributed to poor weight and stature, indicating malnutrition in young children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
- Nutrition Science
Context:
- Study conducted in Ribeirão Preto within a Basic Health Unit's Nourishing Suplementation Program.
- Focus on children up to 36 months of age.
- Involves analysis of growth, health issues, and maternal interviews.
Purpose:
- To characterize children at nutritional risk.
- Identify key factors contributing to malnutrition in early childhood.
Summary:
- Identified nutritional risk in children characterized by low socioeconomic status.
- High incidence of infectious episodes and low weight/stature for age were observed.
- Multiple levels of malnutrition were present in the studied children.
Impact:
- Highlights the vulnerability of young children facing socioeconomic challenges and health issues.
- Informs targeted interventions for nutritional support and health monitoring in at-risk populations.
- Emphasizes the link between socioeconomic conditions, infections, and childhood malnutrition.
Abstract:
This study was realized with 6 children until 36 months of age enrolled in the Nourishing Suplementation Program of the Basic Health Unit in Ribeirão Preto where the analises of the growing, the intercurrencies of health problems and interviews with mothers allowed us to caracterize the child with nutritional risk showing low levels of social economical conditions, high levels of infectious episodes, low level of weigth and stature for the age and the occurrence of several levels of desnutrition in any children studied.