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Pineda, K., Flores, D. (2022). Asociación entre caries dental y el acceso a un Programa de Nutrición Suplementaria Especial para Mujeres, Bebés y Niños (WIC) en niños menores o igual a 5 años de los Estados Unidos de América [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659771
Pineda, K., Flores, D. Asociación entre caries dental y el acceso a un Programa de Nutrición Suplementaria Especial para Mujeres, Bebés y Niños (WIC) en niños menores o igual a 5 años de los Estados Unidos de América [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659771
@misc{renati/1292082,
title = "Asociación entre caries dental y el acceso a un Programa de Nutrición Suplementaria Especial para Mujeres, Bebés y Niños (WIC) en niños menores o igual a 5 años de los Estados Unidos de América",
author = "Flores Villaca, Diana Alexandra",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2022"
}
Objective: To evaluate the association between dental caries and access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in children under 5 years of age in the United States of America during the year 2015-2016. Materials and methods: This study is of the observational, cross-sectional, analytical and retrospective type. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the year 2015-2016 were used. 971 families with children ≤5 years old were surveyed. The dependent variable was dental caries, for which the presence of at least one tooth with coronal dental caries was evaluated. Likewise, for the independent variable access to the WIC program, the "Food Security" questionnaire was used. In addition, other characteristics of the child and his family were evaluated. The chi-square test was used to associate dental caries with the other variables with a significance level of p<0.05. On the other hand, the association between dental caries and access to the WIC Program was made using Poisson regression as an estimator of robust variance in a crude model and adjusted to the variables of interest, and prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals were reported. Results: When analyzing the presence of dental caries according to gender, a significant difference between men and women was evidenced, being 9.5% and 4.7% respectively (p = 0.020). Likewise, the children benefiting from the WIC program had a prevalence of dental caries of 9.4% with a 95% CI. Conclusions: In the present study, no association was found between dental caries and access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children WIC in children ≤5 years of age in the US between the years 2015-2016.
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