Determinantes ambientalesde las infecciones respiratorias agudas de los niños/as que acuden al Centro de Salud Parque Iberia del Cantón Cuenca 2014

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory infections are a serious health problem in children because of they are exposed to a series of environmental factors, both in industrialized and subdeveloping countries, the poor air quality either intra-household or outside, increases the risk of respiratory diseases together with other factors such as poor hygiene and unhealthy behaviors. OBJECTIVE: Identify the environmental determinants of acute respiratory infections in children attending to “Centro de Salud Parque Iberia del Cantón Cuenca” MATERIALS AND METHODS: They are both qualitative and quantitative research, study is descriptive, which it will allow to identify the environmental determinants of Acute Respiratory Infections in children. The study group consists of 103 children/as it will be represented by all children with acute respiratory infection attending to “Centro de Salud Parque Iberia” during the months of June, July, and August. Techniques and research instruments used in this investigation were the interviews, and they will be held with mothers of the children that attending to “Centro de Salud Parque Iberia del Cantón Cuenca, Medical History review, and implementation of life stories. The data were processed using the SPSS, Microsoft Office Word and Excel charts presented through a statistical analysis. RESULTS: The male gender is sick of Acute Respiratory Infections with 53.4% compared with female gender with 46.6%, the main cause of environmental pollution is caused by dust with 45.5%. Children´s parents have a low level of education under 25.2%, as the same way that their economical incomes are associated with the basic salary overcrowded shelter. CONCLUSION: The study shows the relationship between environmental determinants and incidence of acute respiratory infections; highlighting factors such as environmental pollution, and overcrowding.