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Social reproduction and anemia in infancy

2008; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0104-11692008000200012

1518-8345

Elizabeth Fujimori, Luciane Simões Duarte, Áurea Tamami Minagawa Toriyama, Daniela Laurenti, Rosali Maria Juliano Marcondes Montero,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

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.