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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2002
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- Estrategias familiares de vida y su relación con desnutrición en niños menores de dos años Araceli Amanda Sandoval Hortensia Reyes Rebeca Abrego Efrén Samuel Orrico Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas Salud family Mexico strategies Key words: protein energy malnutrition Objective. To identify the role of family life strategies onmalnutrition in children aged 6-23 months of age. Materialand Methods. This case-control study was conducted in1998 in the municipality of Teolocholco, State of Tlaxcala,Mexico, among families with children aged 6-23 months ofage. The sample was conformed by 105 cases and 210 controls.Family life strategies were grouped into five types: familycomposition, means and distribution of family income, familyand social networks, and life preservation strategies.Malnutrition was classified according to height for age. Datawere analyzed using logistic regression to obtain odds ratiosand 95% confidence intervals. Results. Data were collectedfrom 605 families, for a total of 445 controls and 160cases. The predictive model included mothers schooling,overcrowding, time elapsed between childbirths, per capitamonthly income, and time devoted to child-rearing activities.Conclusions. Family life strategies determine childrensnutritional status; understanding the influence of the familyon the childrens health status is necessary to develop effectiveprograms aimed at improving the nutritional statusof children. The English version of this paper is available at:http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html 2002 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10644106 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.1 Vol.44