Evaluación del impacto del programa de micronutrientes(CHISPAZ) en niños menores de 5 años en relación a la prevalencia de anemia en el cantón Chillanes periodo. 2014

Abstract

The prevalence of anemia was studied in 71 children on ages of 6 to 57 months with a non- experimental descriptive design. The purpose is to assess the impact of a micronutrient program called ‘’ chis paz ‘’ in relation with the prevalence of anemia in canton chillanes. Its objective is to study the changes that occur in the nutritional status of iron from the consumption on the supplement. From the total evaluated at the first visit, 38 % had mild anemia, and 62% moderate anemia. In the second evaluation, the program intervention, 71.43% had mild anemia, 11, 43% had moderate anemia and 17.14% were normal. In the third evaluation the prevalence of anemia was reduced to 15.0% ( 8% of mild anemia, and moderate anemia 7% ) 85% of children were found in their normal hemoglobin levels. The hemoglobin average level increased by 1.8 mg/dl during the first visit was 9,7 mg/dl and the average at the visit was 11,5 mg/dl . with the results, it is recommended to continue the Micronutrient Program ‘’Chis paz ‘’ from the Ministry of public Health of Ecuador, and conduct a regular monitoring of the program by providing the respective monitoring children with some degree of malnutrition.