Title
Protective effect of multimicronutrient supplementation against anemia among children, women, and adolescent girls in lower-income areas of Chiclayo, Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
United Nations University Press
Abstract
Background. The Integrated Food Security Program (Programa Integrado de Seguridad Alimentaria [PISA]) implemented a campaign to promote weekly multimicronutrient supplementation among women and adolescent girls of childbearing age and children under 5 years of age. Objectives. To assess the impact of the campaign on the growth of children and on anemia among children and among women and adolescent girls of childbearing age. Methods. Weekly multimicronutrient supplementation was provided for 8 weeks. Weights, heights, and hemoglobin concentrations were assessed at the beginning and end of the campaign. Results and conclusions. Although supplementation did not significantly increase the hemoglobin concentrations of children (p = .80) or women and adolescent girls (p = .65) in the intervention group, the hemoglobin concentrations of the comparison groups were significantly lower after 8 weeks (p = .001 for children and p = .03 for women and adolescent girls). Furthermore, the percentage of anemic children in the comparison group increased significantly (p <.001), and the final value was significantly higher than that for the intervention group (p = .004). There were no significant effects of weekly multimicronutrient supplementation on the growth of children, but the study was too short to reliably determine any effects on growth. © 2006, The United Nations University.
Volume
27
Issue
4 SUPPL.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33845869596
PubMed ID
Source
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
ISSN of the container
03795721
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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