La situación alimentaria de los desconectados de los servicios públicos domiciliarios en la parte alta de la comuna 3 de la ciudad de Mede

La situación alimentaria de los desconectados de los servicios públicos domiciliarios en la parte alta de la comuna 3 de la ciudad de Mede

Yan Carlos Cataño Montoya, Catalina María Arango-Alzate, Cristina Mejía-Merino

Objective: To describe the nutritional food situation of the inhabitantsof households without household utilities connection inneighborhoods that form the upper section of commune 3 in thecity of Medellin. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectionalstudy was conducted. Sample size was 220 households, usingsimple random sampling. Information was collected using astructured questionnaire and using the Latin American and CaribbeanFood Security Scale-elcsa (in Spanish, Escala Latinoamericanay Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria). A statisticalanalysis was conducted using spss® software Version 19. Informationanalysis was conducted using descriptive an exploratorydata analysis. Furthermore, a multiple correspondence analysiswas conducted to establish social economic and food profiles ofthe households without utilities connection. The study estimatedan association between malnutrition and household socioeconomicvariables using a chi-square test. Results: We found thatthere are two ways of not being connected to household utilities:one as a result of service disconnection (lack of payment)and the other because of access (high risk housing or outsidethe city's territorial plan). Household population distribution ispyramid-shaped and progressive, where the families are mainlyrepresented by two-parent nuclear families where the head ofthe household has an informal labor situation; they have theirown house and their schooling is no higher than SecondarySchool. Malnutrition variables were associated with covariatesas overcrowding, income level and hut-type housing. Twohousehold classifications were obtained which were householdsfacing moderate to severe food and nutrition insecurity and homesfacing slight food insecurity. Conclusion: Households thatwithout utilities connection in the neighborhoods located in theupper sector of commune 3 do not have the economic capacity,and do not have a minimum setting to improve their healthconditions, which creates a permanent food risk, particularly forunderage children. The basic food basket of the participatinghouseholds consists of food that mostly provides carbohydratesand calories; they eat fruit in minimum amounts.

2018

Public water supply, food, malnutrition, poverty, power supply, sanitation

10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v36n3a02

Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública

Universidad de Antioquia

Public aspects of medicine