Social reproduction and anemia in infancy

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Elizabeth Fujimori¹  Luciane Simões Duarte¹  Áurea Tamami Minagawa²  Daniela Laurenti¹  Rosali Maria Juliano Marcondes Montero¹ 

[1] ,Medical Sciences of Santa Casa Sao Paulo,Brazil

关键词: social group;    anemia;    child;    grupo social;    anemia;    niño;    grupo social;    anemia;    criança;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692008000200012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study assessed the relationship between anemia in infancy and the social reproduction profile of the families. It was conducted with a representative sample of 254 children of the city of Itupeva, SP. Hemoglobin < 11g/dL, determined by portable hemoglobin analyzer, was used to define anemia. Profiles of social reproduction had been built by 2 groups of indicators: working and living conditions. Three social homogeneous groups had been defined: upper, intermediate, lower. Anemia was prevalent in 41.7%, and more frequent in lower social groups (13.2%; 40.6%; 46.2%), but with no significant difference (p>0.05). However, profile of social reproduction of anemic families showed significant difference (p<0.05). Occurrence of anemia was related to poor working conditions in lower social groups and consequently inappropriate living conditions.

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