Examinando por Autor "Arévalo Ipanaqué, Janet Mercedes"

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Knowledge of mothers about immunizations in children under 5 years old at the Maternal-Infant Health Center of Magdalena, Magdalena del Mar – 2015.
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2015) Bejarano Campos, Cynthia Lissette; Martinez Condor, Gina Paola; Arévalo Ipanaqué, Janet Mercedes
Objective: To determine the level of knowledge that mothers have about immunizations in children under five years old at the Maternal-Child Health Center in Magdalena del Mar, April 2015. Methodology: A descriptive study with a non-experimental design and cross-sectional approach. Population: 150 mothers from the Maternal-Child Health Center in Magdalena, Sample: 80 mothers based on sample calculation; Sampling: simple random probabilistic sampling. The technique was the survey, and the instrument used was a questionnaire. Results: 73.8% of mothers had average knowledge about immunizations, and 22.5% had high knowledge. Regarding knowledge of vaccines, 76.2% of mothers had average knowledge, and 18.8% had high knowledge. Concerning knowledge of the vaccination schedule, 75% had average knowledge, and 21.3% had high knowledge. Regarding post-vaccination reactions, 77.5% had average knowledge, and 12.5% had high knowledge. Conclusion: The level of knowledge among mothers is average regarding vaccines, the vaccination schedule, and post-vaccination reactions for children under five years old at the Maternal-Child Health Center in Magdalena.
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Relationship between eating habits and nutritional status in children under 3 years old in the districts of Huando and Ascensión, Huancavelica, May 2015.
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2015) Medina Bazan, Elizabeth Judith; Arévalo Ipanaqué, Janet Mercedes
Objective: To determine the relationship between eating habits and nutritional status in children under 3 years old in the districts of Huando and Ascensión, Huancavelica, May 2015. Methodology: This is a descriptive, correlational study with a non-experimental design and cross-sectional approach. The population consisted of 1,150 children under 3 years old, with a sample of 288 children from the districts of Huando (144) and Ascensión (144). The technique used was a survey, with 47 items from the KPI to measure nutritional status and the 24-hour dietary recall. Chi-square (Chi2) statistics were used for hypothesis testing. Results: 69.4% exhibited inadequate eating habits, 38.2% suffered from acute malnutrition, 31.2% had chronic malnutrition, and 30.6% had a normal nutritional status. Conclusion: With two degrees of freedom and p-value = 0.00, a significant relationship was found between eating habits and nutritional status in children under 3 years old in the districts of Huando and Ascensión, Huancavelica.