Factors Associated with Chronic Child Malnutrition in Peru

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https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a21n2.4862

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Objective: To investigate factors associated with chronic malnutrition among children aged five and under in Peru.

Methods: Secondary data analysis based on the Peruvian 2018 Demographic and Family Health Survey.

Results: Child's age (PR = 1.01; 95% CI: 1.009 to 1.015) and living in a rural area (PR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.21 to 1.54) were associated with a higher risk of chronic malnutrition in the sample. Educational level, wealth index, and not belonging to the publicly funded Comedor Popular nutrition program, were identified as protective factors to chronic malnutrition.

Conclusion: Being under five and living in a rural area was associated with an increased risk of chronic malnutrition in children residing in Peru. A higher wealth index and mother’s level of education decrease the chances of chronic malnutrition in children under five years of age.

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Melanie Trujillo-Roldan, Research Institute of Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University.

Surgeon. Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University. Lima Peru.

Luis Roldán-Arbieto, Graduate School of Public Management of the Technological University of Peru.

Researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University. Graduate School of Management Public of the Technological University of Peru. Lima, Peru. Graduate School of Public Management of the Technological University of Peru.

Jesus E. Talavera, Instituto de Investigación de Ciencias Biomédicas (INICIB), Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú

Junior Student Researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University. Lima Peru.

Miguel A Perez, California State University, Fresno, Public Health. USA

Director Master of Public Health, California State University, Fresno, USA Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), School of Medicine Humana, Ricardo Palma University. Fresno, California, USA

Lucy E. Correa-López, Research Institute of Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University.

Researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University. Lima Peru.

Jhony De La Cruz-Vargas, Research Institute of Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University.

Director of the Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences (INICIB), Faculty of Human Medicine, Ricardo Palma University. Lima Peru.

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2022-04-08

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Trujillo-Roldan, M., Roldán-Arbieto, L., Talavera, J. E., Perez, M. A., Correa-López, L. E., & De La Cruz-Vargas, J. (2022). Factors Associated with Chronic Child Malnutrition in Peru. Horizonte Sanitario, 21(2), 158-167. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a21n2.4862

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2022)

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