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Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Breastfeeding Intervention in a Transitional Population
(Holme, T., Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for International Cooperation in Science., & World Health Organization. (1981). Acute enteric infections in children: New prospects for treatment and prevention : proceedings of the third Nobel conference. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press., 1981)
Diarrheal disease is a main cause of weight loss and growth faltering and stunting in rural children living under low socioeconomic conditions, and diarrhea is one of the most important events precipitating severe ...
Promotion of breast-feeding, health, and growth among hospital-born neonates, and among infants of a rural area of Costa Rica
(Diarrhea and Malnutrition. Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions.Editors: Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw, 1983,177-202, 1983)
decline in the incidence of breast-feeding in many developing nations
\--as been recorded in recent years, often in conjunction with (a) rapid
changes in way of life, (b) migration from rural to urban,- centers, ...
Estudio de Puriscal IX. Estado nutricional y supervivencia del niño lactante
(Revista Médica del Hospital Nacional de Niños, 17(1 y 2): 117-139, 1982)
There is no evidence of malnutrition in the Canton of Puriscal as revealed by
careful prospective study of all children born from September 19 of 1979
onwards. Several factors may account for this remarkable situation. ...
Child feedings in less developed countries: induced breast feeding in a transitional society
(Pediatric Nutrition. Infant Feeding- Deficiencies - Diseases. F. Lifshitz, ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York (1982) p. 35-53, 1982)
Breast feeding is the best promoter of growth and health of infants in traditional
and transitional societies. Supplementation with semisolid and solid foods is
generally required after 3-6 months in most developing ...
Estudio de Puriscal IV. Morbilidad infecciosa del niño
(Revista del Hospital Nacional de Niños 17(1y2):49-56, 1982)
This paper presents the findings of a prospective study of the infectious morbidity
of a cohort of 114 rural infants throughout their first year of life. Results
indicate that upper respiratory infections were the most ...
Diarrea por Campylobacter fetus jejuni y otros agentes infecciosos en niños del área rural de Puriscal, Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical 32(1) p.137-143, 1984-01-04)
Between September 1979 and September 1981 a field study was conducted on the etiology of
diarrhea' disease in the area of Puriscal, Costa Rica. The presence of enteric pathogens was investigated in
the stools of 267 ...
Estudio de Puriscal VI: Transferencia de la tecnología de rehidratación oral del hospital al hogar rural
(Revista del Hospital Nacional de Niños 17(1y2) 71-86 p, 1982)
La presente investigación tuvo por objeto desarrollar una metodología que
permitiese adaptar el método de rehidratación oral a las condiciones del hogar,
ya que la diarrea deshidratante en lugares alejados de los recursos ...
Estudio de Puriscal V: Infección entérica en niños menores de dos años
(Revista Hospital Nacional de Ninos de Costa Rica 17(1y2):57-70, 1982)
The pretence of enteric pathogens was studied in 279 diarrheic and 198 nondiarrheic
children in a rural area of Costa Rica whose childhood population are
the object of a prospective multidisciplinary study. Cases end ...
Desnutrición severa en Costa Rica (Una reinterpretación de su causalidad)
(1985)
Se analizaron los expedientes de todos los niños cuyo diagnóstico de egreso fue desnutrición severa durante el año 1981, en total 112. Los objetivos del análisis fueron: (a) determinar la frecuencia de la desnutrición ...
Estudio de puriscal II. Crecimiento fetal y su influencia sobre el crecimiento fisico posnatal
(Revista del Hospital Nacional de Niños 17(1y2):21-36, 1982)
El Estudio de Puriscal gira alrededor del estudio longitudinal del crecimiento y
desarrollo del niño desde su vida intrauterino. Para tal propósito es preciso establecer
un contacto periódico con las familiares de los ...