Social differentials and nutritional status of child population in the Pampean and Northwest regions of Argentina

POU, SONIA; ROMÁN, MARÍA DOLORES; RODRÍGUEZ-JUNYENT, CONSTANZA

Buenos Aires

Congreso; IUNS. 21st International Congress of Nutrition; 2017

International Union of Nutritional Sciences

Background: Childhood nutritional status is influenced by biological, environmental and psychosocial determinants. Until the first National Survey of Nutrition and Health (ENNyS) performed in 2005, Argentina possessed few epidemiological studies about child nutrition and health. To study social ?inequities? in health (avoidable and unfair social differences) in two regions with heterogeneous socio-economic realities, allows to know some characteristics that may explain, in part, differences in health and nutrition during childhood.Objectives: a) To describe the socio-economic context in which children (2-5 years) reside in Pampeana and Northwest regions of Argentina, according to ENNyS (2005). b) To analyze the association between potential social determinants and children?s nutritional condition in both regions. Methods: observational cross-sectional study. Social determinants were defined according to available indicators corresponding to the study sample of ENNYS (n=981 children in NOA and n=898 in and Pampeana region. We examined difference in ratios of social indicators between regions. The association of the previously defined factors was analyzed with the nutritional status (reference WHO 2006) in each region using a Chi-squared and Fisher test. Results: The ratio of families with female head of household was higher (p