Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,

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Autor(a) principal: Lima,Riquelane B.M.
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Ferreira,Haroldo S., Cavalcante,Andressa L., Santos,Laíse Gabrielly M.L., Vieira,Regina Coeli S., Assunção,Monica L.
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Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Jornal de Pediatria (Online)
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Resumo: Abstract Objectives: To estimate the coverage of the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program (Programa Nacional de Suplementação de Vitamina A) in children from Alagoas, to identify factors associated with this coverage, and to analyze the adequacy of nutrition education actions. Methods: Household survey involving a representative probabilistic sample of children aged 6 to 59 months from Alagoas and their mothers (n = 509). Coverage was defined by the percentage of children with supplementation records in the last semester. The association between the independent variables (socioeconomic, demographic, and health) and the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program coverage was analyzed based on the prevalence ratio and its 95% CI. The mothers' knowledge of questions related to vitamin A was considered as an indicator of the adequacy of nutrition education actions. Results: Program coverage was 91.9% in children aged 6-11.9 months and 38.6% in children aged 12-59 months. In the adjusted analysis, the factors that were associated with greater coverage were: age between 6-11.9 months (PR = 2.50, 95% CI: 2.10-2.96), living in rural areas (PR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.20-1.76) and living in a house with ≤ 4 rooms (PR = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.09-1.63). Only 26.1% of the mothers were able to mention some food source of vitamin A and only 19.2% were aware of the consequences of vitamin deficiency for health. Conclusions: The National Vitamin A Supplementation Program coverage is below the targets set by the Ministry of Health (except for children < 12 months). The factors associated with greater coverage indicate an adequate focus of the program. The nutrition education activities have not demonstrated satisfactory results. This information should guide actions to improve the program.
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spelling Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,Public healthVitamin ASupplementationHealth evaluationBrazilAbstract Objectives: To estimate the coverage of the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program (Programa Nacional de Suplementação de Vitamina A) in children from Alagoas, to identify factors associated with this coverage, and to analyze the adequacy of nutrition education actions. Methods: Household survey involving a representative probabilistic sample of children aged 6 to 59 months from Alagoas and their mothers (n = 509). Coverage was defined by the percentage of children with supplementation records in the last semester. The association between the independent variables (socioeconomic, demographic, and health) and the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program coverage was analyzed based on the prevalence ratio and its 95% CI. The mothers' knowledge of questions related to vitamin A was considered as an indicator of the adequacy of nutrition education actions. Results: Program coverage was 91.9% in children aged 6-11.9 months and 38.6% in children aged 12-59 months. In the adjusted analysis, the factors that were associated with greater coverage were: age between 6-11.9 months (PR = 2.50, 95% CI: 2.10-2.96), living in rural areas (PR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.20-1.76) and living in a house with ≤ 4 rooms (PR = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.09-1.63). Only 26.1% of the mothers were able to mention some food source of vitamin A and only 19.2% were aware of the consequences of vitamin deficiency for health. Conclusions: The National Vitamin A Supplementation Program coverage is below the targets set by the Ministry of Health (except for children < 12 months). The factors associated with greater coverage indicate an adequate focus of the program. The nutrition education activities have not demonstrated satisfactory results. This information should guide actions to improve the program.Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria2020-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572020000200184Jornal de Pediatria v.96 n.2 2020reponame:Jornal de Pediatria (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (SBP)instacron:SBPE10.1016/j.jped.2018.08.006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLima,Riquelane B.M.Ferreira,Haroldo S.Cavalcante,Andressa L.Santos,Laíse Gabrielly M.L.Vieira,Regina Coeli S.Assunção,Monica L.eng2020-05-06T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0021-75572020000200184Revistahttp://www.jped.com.br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||jped@jped.com.br1678-47820021-7557opendoar:2020-05-06T00:00Jornal de Pediatria (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (SBP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
title Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
spellingShingle Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
Lima,Riquelane B.M.
Public health
Vitamin A
Supplementation
Health evaluation
Brazil
title_short Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
title_full Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
title_fullStr Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
title_full_unstemmed Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
title_sort Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas,
author Lima,Riquelane B.M.
author_facet Lima,Riquelane B.M.
Ferreira,Haroldo S.
Cavalcante,Andressa L.
Santos,Laíse Gabrielly M.L.
Vieira,Regina Coeli S.
Assunção,Monica L.
author_role author
author2 Ferreira,Haroldo S.
Cavalcante,Andressa L.
Santos,Laíse Gabrielly M.L.
Vieira,Regina Coeli S.
Assunção,Monica L.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lima,Riquelane B.M.
Ferreira,Haroldo S.
Cavalcante,Andressa L.
Santos,Laíse Gabrielly M.L.
Vieira,Regina Coeli S.
Assunção,Monica L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Public health
Vitamin A
Supplementation
Health evaluation
Brazil
topic Public health
Vitamin A
Supplementation
Health evaluation
Brazil
description Abstract Objectives: To estimate the coverage of the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program (Programa Nacional de Suplementação de Vitamina A) in children from Alagoas, to identify factors associated with this coverage, and to analyze the adequacy of nutrition education actions. Methods: Household survey involving a representative probabilistic sample of children aged 6 to 59 months from Alagoas and their mothers (n = 509). Coverage was defined by the percentage of children with supplementation records in the last semester. The association between the independent variables (socioeconomic, demographic, and health) and the National Vitamin A Supplementation Program coverage was analyzed based on the prevalence ratio and its 95% CI. The mothers' knowledge of questions related to vitamin A was considered as an indicator of the adequacy of nutrition education actions. Results: Program coverage was 91.9% in children aged 6-11.9 months and 38.6% in children aged 12-59 months. In the adjusted analysis, the factors that were associated with greater coverage were: age between 6-11.9 months (PR = 2.50, 95% CI: 2.10-2.96), living in rural areas (PR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.20-1.76) and living in a house with ≤ 4 rooms (PR = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.09-1.63). Only 26.1% of the mothers were able to mention some food source of vitamin A and only 19.2% were aware of the consequences of vitamin deficiency for health. Conclusions: The National Vitamin A Supplementation Program coverage is below the targets set by the Ministry of Health (except for children < 12 months). The factors associated with greater coverage indicate an adequate focus of the program. The nutrition education activities have not demonstrated satisfactory results. This information should guide actions to improve the program.
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