Variations in the Prevalence of Childhood Anemia by Ethnicity Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru

We aimed to determine the variations in the prevalence of childhood anemia according to the ethnic group before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru . Secondary analysis of the Demographic and Family Health Survey during 2016–2021. The outcome variable was anemia, and the exposure variable was m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of immigrant and minority health 2024-06, Vol.26 (3), p.501-516
Hauptverfasser:	Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Agueda, Benites-Meza, Jerry K., Herrera-Añazco, Percy, Benites-Zapata, Vicente A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anemia Anemia - epidemiology Anemia - ethnology Black People Child Child, Preschool Childhood Children Comparative Law COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - ethnology Descendants Ethnic groups Ethnicity Ethnicity - statistics & numerical data Families & family life Female Generalized linear models Health Surveys Humans Indians, South American Indigenous peoples Infant International & Foreign Law Linear analysis Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Minority & ethnic groups Minority groups Multiracial people Original Paper Pandemics Peru - epidemiology Peru - ethnology Prevalence Private International Law Public Health Racial Groups SARS-CoV-2 Secondary analysis Sociodemographic Factors Sociodemographics Socioeconomic Factors Sociology Statistical models
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Zusammenfassung:	We aimed to determine the variations in the prevalence of childhood anemia according to the ethnic group before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru . Secondary analysis of the Demographic and Family Health Survey during 2016–2021. The outcome variable was anemia, and the exposure variable was maternal ethnicity. Also, we included sociodemographic and clinical confounding variables. We constructed generalized linear models of the Poisson family with a logarithmic link function. We evaluated 85,905 records; 30.34% had anemia, 50.83% were mestizo, 25.98% were Quechua, and 2% were Aymara. Compared with mestizos, Quechua children (PR: 1.11; 95% CI: 1.07–1.15; p
ISSN:	1557-1912 1557-1920
DOI:	10.1007/s10903-023-01579-x