1. Nutritional Situation in Under – 5 in 'Montes De Maria', Post-Conflict Zone in Colombia- 2017
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NR Alvis Zakzuk, J Orozco Africano, N Alvis Guzman, F. Salcedo Mejía, D Jervis Jalabe, L Ortiz Ibañez, M. Jerez Arias, and T Crissien Borrero
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Post conflict ,Nutritional status in children under 5 years ,Estado nutricional en niños menores de 5 años ,Zona de posconflicto en Colombia- 2017 ,Health Policy ,Political science ,Post-conflict zone in Colombia- 2017 ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Montes de María ,Ethnology - Abstract
Objectives To estimate the nutritional status in children under 5 in “Montes de María”, a post-conflict zone in Colombia- 2017. Methods Cross sectional observational study that use data from a survey of 15,230 households with subsidized health care insurance. From these, 2,682 children between 0-4 years with anthropometric information from 2,183 households were included. Based on the World Health Organization standards, weight and height information were used to calculate the Z-score indicator = weight-for-height (W/H), height-for-age (H/A) and weight-for-age (W/A). Z-score categories were defined as: well fed (±2), malnourished (
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- 2018
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