Intervención integral para disminuir la anemia en los niños preescolares, Escuela Manuel Rodríguez Orozco, Ilapo.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to reduce the prevalence of anemia in preschool children of the Manuel Rodríguez Orozco de Ilapo school in Ecuador. To achieve this objective, a comprehensive health strategy was implemented that managed to increase the level of mothers' knowledge about healthy nutrition, improved food practices and increased hemoglobin levels in patients. The main results obtained were the predominance of mothers with a low level of education (53.5%) and who do not maintain a stable employment relationship (46.4%). The dietary practices of children are considered 67.9% as inadequate and there is little and inadequate administration of multivitamins and minerals. All these difficulties were mostly solved by the implementation of the comprehensive health intervention implemented. It is concluded that the intervention caused significant changes in the level of knowledge about healthy nutrition of mothers of children under 5 years of age, in food practices and in the hemoglobin level of preschoolers. It is recommended to carry out research with more comprehensive methodological schemes that include all the factors that influence the onset of anemia in children under five years, prioritizing early childhood.