Effectiveness of an Educational Project related to Sprouts for Mothers of Children aged 12-35 months with Iron-Deficiency Anemia. Alto Selva Alegre Health Center, Arequipa. Peru, 2015

EasyChair Preprint no. 1951

Abstract

The objective was to develop an educational project to promote the consumption of germinated iron-rich seeds sprouts, by using educational strategies and participatory means. It was aimed at mothers in order to their children´s hemoglobin levels to normal values. A pilot group was selected. This group stopped the treatment with ferrous sulphate and/or multi-micronutrients, and was given a diet with sprouts of lentils, wheat, and alfalfa instead. The means of monitoring and evaluation were a questionnaire and an observation guide applied at their homes during six months. For the analysis of results, the chi-square test, Student´s t-distribution, and percentages were used. The conclusion was that children diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia, whose mothers received participatory education about the preparation, use, and consumption of sprouts, were able to supplement their diet and raise their level of hemoglobin, adjusted according to their age.

Keyphrases: alfalfa, educational project, iron deficiency anemia, iron-rich sprouts, lentils, wheat

@Booklet{EasyChair:1951,
  author = {Josefina Sonia Núñez Chávez and Elizabeth Concepción Robles Vizcarra},
  title = {Effectiveness of an Educational Project related to Sprouts for Mothers of Children aged 12-35 months with Iron-Deficiency Anemia. Alto Selva Alegre Health Center, Arequipa. Peru, 2015},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 1951},

  year = {EasyChair, 2019}}