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0125/2020 - Nutritional status of children under five years old and health services offered by Family Health teams
Estado nutricional de crianças e serviços de saúde prestados por equipes de Saúde da Família

Author:

• Dixis Figueroa Pedraza - Pedraza, D.F - Campina Grande, PB - <dixisfigueroa@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-828X

Co-author(s):

• Maria Mônica de Oliveira - Oliveira, M.M - <monicaenf17@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-4318


Abstract:

Objective: To analyze whether the nutritional status of children is associated with the health services offered by Family Health teams. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in areas covered by the Family Health Strategy in two cities in the State of Paraíba, with a representative and random sample of 324 children. We used linear regression to analyze the association of sociodemographic and health services characteristics with height/age, weight/age and body mass/age anthropometric indices in Z-score. Results: In the 319 children observed, there was a predominance of beneficiaries of the Programa Bolsa Família and with inadequate use of the Child Health Handbook. The average of the weight/age score Z was lower in childrenincomplete health teams (p=0.02), without nutritionist (p=0.03) and with professionals without training in the area of food and nutrition (p=0.04). There was an average increase of 1.43 standard deviation in height/age in the case of proper use of the Child Health Handbook. Conclusion: This study contributes to the knowledge by indicating associations of the nutritional status of the child with structural (human resources) and procedural (completion of the Child Health Handbook) characteristics of health services.

Keywords:

Primary Health Care; Health Services Evaluation; Growth.

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Pedraza, D.F, Oliveira, M.M. Nutritional status of children under five years old and health services offered by Family Health teams. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/nutritional-status-of-children-under-five-years-old-and-health-services-offered-by-family-health-teams/17607?id=17607



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