Beliefs about child health in mothers from a rural population in Arequipa and pediatric outpatient clinic of a hospital in Lima
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https://doi.org/10.61651/rped.2013v66n2p84-93Keywords:
Culture, Knowledge, Child, Child HealthAbstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of children's health beliefs among mothers in the district of Lari - Arequipa and mothers of children treated at the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (HNCH).
Materials and methods: A survey was applied to a non-randomized population of mothers over 18 years old from Lari’s district and HNCH, between January and July 2011. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package of the Social Sciences SPSS Inc., version 19.0 for Windows.
Results: 134 surveys were conducted in the district of Lari, and 210 at HNCH. The most frequent belief in the study was “The cold can get in through your feet and cause the flu” with 92.9% of weighted average. In Lari, five beliefs were found in over 80% of the population and fifteen in 50% of them, unlike what happened at HNCH where only one belief was found in more than 80% of the population and nine in 50% of them.
Conclusions: Beliefs were very common in both populations. The population of mothers from Lari- Arequipa had a higher frequency of beliefs than the population of mothers at the HNCH. The education level was the most frequently associated variable to beliefs in both populations.
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