TỶ LỆ SUY DINH DƯỠNG VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN Ở TRẺ TỪ 12 ĐẾN 36 THÁNG TUỔI TẠI HUYỆN CẨM MỸ, TỈNH ĐỒNG NAI NĂM 2022

Abstract

Background: Malnutrition is an important issue in public health, affecting children's physical, mental, and intellectual development and leaving heavy consequences for children, families, and society. may lead to death. Objectives: To determine the rate of malnutrition and some related factors in children aged 12 to 36 months in Cam My district, Dong Nai province in 2022. Material and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 1776 of children aged 12 to 36 months living in Cam My district, Dong Nai province, analyzing data using SPSS 18.0 software. Results: The rate of malnourished children with stunting was 18.7%, underweight malnutrition was 8.4% and stunting malnutrition was 3.6%. The rate of malnourished children with moderate stunting accounted for 94.3%, severe stunting was 5.7%; The rate of malnourished children with moderate underweight accounted for 96.7% and 3.3% with severe malnutrition; The proportion of malnourished children with moderate and thin malnutrition accounted for 96.9%, and the rate of severe malnutrition was 3.1%. There was a relationship between birth weight, history of infectious diseases, taking calcium and iron supplements during pregnancy and stunting (p<0.05); There was a relationship between birth weight, exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months, weaning time with underweight malnutrition and underweight malnutrition (p<0.05). Conclusion: The rate of stunting in children was quite high, it was necessary to strengthen communication and education to improve knowledge of pregnant women about building reasonable nutrition care behaviors during pregnancy and children after birth.