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Alvarado, G., Mendoza, C. (2021). Determinantes sociales y desigualdades en la prevalencia de desnutrición crónica infantil en menores de 5 años entre el 2000 y el 2015 en América Latina y el Caribe [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655143
Alvarado, G., Mendoza, C. Determinantes sociales y desigualdades en la prevalencia de desnutrición crónica infantil en menores de 5 años entre el 2000 y el 2015 en América Latina y el Caribe [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655143
@misc{renati/394438,
title = "Determinantes sociales y desigualdades en la prevalencia de desnutrición crónica infantil en menores de 5 años entre el 2000 y el 2015 en América Latina y el Caribe",
author = "Mendoza Guerra, Cynthia Paola",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2021"
}
OBJECTIVES: determinate the inequality of the prevalence of chronic childhood malnutrition according to some social stratifiers in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) METHODS: An ecological study was carried out at the country level with the development indicators of the World Bank database. The indicators of 19 countries will be analyzed (access to electricity and basic water services in rural areas, GDP per capita, health expenditure per capita). The absolute and relative inequality was determined by the absolute and relative Kuznets index, gradient of the inequality through the graduation index of the inequality, in addition, the proportional inequality was calculated through the index of concentration in health and the curve of concentration. RESULTS: the gap of inequalities in the prevalence of chronic child malnutrition in the LAC countries, remained practically without significant changes throughout the period studied. In addition, 20% of the countries with the greatest disadvantage accounted for 40% of the prevalence of chronic malnutrition compared to 20% of the countries with the greatest advantage, which presented 7-8% of the prevalence through the index of concentration on health. CONCLUSIONS: Although the Millennium Development Goals were to eliminate malnutrition, it was not possible to do so. However, the inequality gap has partially decreased. To eliminate it In LAC, wealth should be distributed more efficiently, and equitable resources allocated to health spending and related sectors. As well as generating Policies to address inequalities in and between countries.
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