Bibliographic citations
Calderón, G., (2010). Nivel de conocimiento de las madres acerca del asma bronquial en niños preescolares del Centro Materno Infantil y Emergencias Tablada de Lurín, 2008 [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/535
Calderón, G., Nivel de conocimiento de las madres acerca del asma bronquial en niños preescolares del Centro Materno Infantil y Emergencias Tablada de Lurín, 2008 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/535
@misc{renati/490527,
title = "Nivel de conocimiento de las madres acerca del asma bronquial en niños preescolares del Centro Materno Infantil y Emergencias Tablada de Lurín, 2008",
author = "Calderón Izaguirre, Geovana Karolina",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2010"
}
--- Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the bronchi. The Ministry of Health reports that our country has the highest incidence rate of asthma cases in Latin America, which is why the disease is recognized as a serious public health problem in Peru. The frequency of this disease is 10 times higher in children than in adults and in Peru it is estimated that two out of ten children have asthma in our country. This project entitled: Level of Knowledge of mothers about Asthma in preschool children of Mother and Child Center and Emergency Tablada de Lurin - 2008, aiming at overall determine the level of knowledge of mothers about Asthma in preschool children Mother and Child Center and Emergency Tablada de Lurin - 2008. The type of study is quantitative, and application level cross-sectional descriptive method, having as shown at 48 mothers of preschool children attending the Maternal and Child Health and Emergency Center “Tablada de Lurin“ and the instrument used was the questionnaire. The results were: A total of 48 (100%) mothers surveyed, 22 (45.8%) mothers have an average knowledge level, 16 (33.4%) mothers have a high knowledge level and 10 (20.8%) mothers have a low level of knowledge about the Pre-School Children Asthma in Mother and Child Center and Emergency “Tablada de Lurin”. It is therefore concluded that a high percentage of mothers who have an average knowledge level but there is also a percentage of the population that is not very prepared nor properly informed of bronchial asthma in preschool children that would jeopardize health of children in terms of disease recognition and treatment of asthma.
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