Evaluación del estado nutricional y niveles de hemoglobina en niños/as menores de 5 años intervenidos con el proyecto DANPEC en la parroquia Pucayacu, cantón La Maná, 2012

Abstract

The present research is of non-experimental cross-sectional design, to evaluate the Nutritional Status and Levels of Hemoglobin (g / dl) in children; in a sample of 80 children under 5 years of age with the DANPEC project in the Pucayacu Canton la Maná parish, a survey was applied to identify general characteristics, anthropometric measurements were tabulated in Microsoft Excel, WHO Anthro and JMP programs. Of the results, general characteristics 53% are girls and 48% are children; 19% belong to the Malqui precinct; 23% belong to the middle stratum, while 78% belong to the lower strata; the maximum age was 59 months and the minimum age was 1 month; 40% of mothers have a basic level of education. Nutritional Status, 38% presented an impairment based on the T / E indicator in Z score, 63% a normal nutritional status, 30% overweight and 11% obesity based on the IMC / E indicator in percentiles. Hemoglobin level, 15% show anemia according to the INACG indicator, USAID. AdjustingHemoglobinValues ​​in ProgramSurveys. It is recommended that actions be taken by the Ministry of Public Health to monitor growth in children under 5 years old and take action on time so that they have a better quality of life in the Pucayacu Cantón la Maná Parish.