Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota

Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota

Malnutrition is prevalent in school aged children. It impairs the health and school performance of those affected in the short and in the long run. The objective of this study was to identify the changes in the prevalence of malnutrition in groups of school-aged children that were intervened by medical students with a strategy that combined educational activities, health evaluation, and actions directed to children with particular problems. This article presents the evaluation of the program "Salud Escolar Integral" [Comprehensive School Health]. This program was conducted by medical students from Universidad del Rosario School of Medicine and Health Sciences. An ecological study was done with measures before and after intervention. Population: Elementary school students from 5 to 8 years of age. Acute, chronic, and global undernourishment were calculated. During the five years of monitoring an statistically significant decrease was found in the prevalence of acute malnutrition from 4.5 to 0.6%, global malnutrition from 11.8 to 5.8%, and chronic malnutrition from 16.4 to 8.3%. This study presents evidence on the effectiveness of a comprehensive interventional program developed by medical students to decrease undernourishment on school age children.

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Main Authors: Pérez, Ruth, Aya, Dora Hilda, Prieto, Franklyn, Pinzón Rondón, Ángela María
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title Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota
title_short Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota
title_full Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota
title_fullStr Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota
title_full_unstemmed Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota
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description Malnutrition is prevalent in school aged children. It impairs the health and school performance of those affected in the short and in the long run. The objective of this study was to identify the changes in the prevalence of malnutrition in groups of school-aged children that were intervened by medical students with a strategy that combined educational activities, health evaluation, and actions directed to children with particular problems. This article presents the evaluation of the program "Salud Escolar Integral" [Comprehensive School Health]. This program was conducted by medical students from Universidad del Rosario School of Medicine and Health Sciences. An ecological study was done with measures before and after intervention. Population: Elementary school students from 5 to 8 years of age. Acute, chronic, and global undernourishment were calculated. During the five years of monitoring an statistically significant decrease was found in the prevalence of acute malnutrition from 4.5 to 0.6%, global malnutrition from 11.8 to 5.8%, and chronic malnutrition from 16.4 to 8.3%. This study presents evidence on the effectiveness of a comprehensive interventional program developed by medical students to decrease undernourishment on school age children.
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spelling rev-ruadc-co-article-8002021-07-13T07:56:07Z Reduction of malnutrition prevalences through health promotion in groups of school-aged children in a locality of Bogota Disminución de las prevalencias de desnutrición mediante la promoción de la salud en grupos de escolares en una localidad de Bogotá Pérez, Ruth Aya, Dora Hilda Prieto, Franklyn Pinzón Rondón, Ángela María Estado nutricional Trastornos de la nutrición del niño Educación alimentaria y nutricional Promoción de la salud Nutritional status Child nutritional disorders Food and nutritional education Health promotion Malnutrition is prevalent in school aged children. It impairs the health and school performance of those affected in the short and in the long run. The objective of this study was to identify the changes in the prevalence of malnutrition in groups of school-aged children that were intervened by medical students with a strategy that combined educational activities, health evaluation, and actions directed to children with particular problems. This article presents the evaluation of the program "Salud Escolar Integral" [Comprehensive School Health]. This program was conducted by medical students from Universidad del Rosario School of Medicine and Health Sciences. An ecological study was done with measures before and after intervention. Population: Elementary school students from 5 to 8 years of age. Acute, chronic, and global undernourishment were calculated. During the five years of monitoring an statistically significant decrease was found in the prevalence of acute malnutrition from 4.5 to 0.6%, global malnutrition from 11.8 to 5.8%, and chronic malnutrition from 16.4 to 8.3%. This study presents evidence on the effectiveness of a comprehensive interventional program developed by medical students to decrease undernourishment on school age children. La desnutrición es una condición prevalente en la etapa escolar, que conlleva consecuencias en la salud y en el rendimiento escolar de los niños, a corto y a largo plazo. El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar los cambios en las prevalencias de desnutrición en grupos de niños, quienes fueron intervenidos con una estrategia que combinó actividades educativas, evaluación y acciones de intervención directa a casos problemáticos, por parte de estudiantes de medicina, en el periodo 2001-2005. Este estudio corresponde a la evaluación del programa de salud pública "Salud Escolar Integral", instituido por la Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad del Rosario. Para dicha evaluación, se realizó un estudio ecológico con mediciones antes y después a una intervención en grupos seleccionados de estudiantes, entre 5 y 8 años de edad. Cada año, se determinó la prevalencia de desnutrición aguda, crónica y global. En los cinco años de seguimiento, se evidenció una disminución estadísticamente significativa de las prevalencias de desnutrición aguda, de 4,5 a 0,6%; de desnutrición global, de 11,8 a 5,8% y de desnutrición crónica, de 16,4 a 8,3%. Este estudio presenta evidencia sobre la efectividad que puede tener un programa de intervención integral, desarrollado por estudiantes de medicina, sobre el estado nutricional de los niños. 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