The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG
OBJECTIVES: To critically assess the prevalence among schoolchildren 6 to 9 years of age throughout the Dominican Republic of a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination scar, and to examine the relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of having a BCG scar. ME...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7f6f9420a874461498e490db914b8030 2023-05-15T15:18:46+02:00 The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG Eddy Pérez-Then Gail Shor-Posner Lee Crandall James Wilkinson 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/7f6f9420a874461498e490db914b8030 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892007000500004 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/7f6f9420a874461498e490db914b8030 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 21, Iss 6, Pp 365-372 (2007) Tuberculosis vacuna BCG cicatriz vacunación vigilancia de la población factores socioeconómicos República Dominicana BCG vaccine cicatrix vaccination population surveillance socioeconomic factors Dominican Republic Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2007 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T12:37:37Z OBJECTIVES: To critically assess the prevalence among schoolchildren 6 to 9 years of age throughout the Dominican Republic of a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination scar, and to examine the relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of having a BCG scar. METHODS: This correlational study used the database of the Second National Census on Height and Weight of Elementary School First Grade Students, which was conducted in the Dominican Republic August 2001-May 2002, to provide a critical assessment of BCG coverage nationwide. The Census information for the children included the presence of BCG scar, their nutritional status, and basic demographic data. We developed a new sociodemographic indicator, the "Rosa Index," to examine the potential influence of poverty and other environmental characteristics on scar presence. We used logistic regression models to predict the presence of a BCG scar. RESULTS: An overall BCG scar prevalence of 55.3% (85 644/154 887) was found. Malnourished children were less likely to have a BCG scar than were children with adequate nutritional status (odds ratio = 0.91; 95% confidence interval: 0.87, 0.95, P < 0.05). Children who were 7-9 years old were less likely to have a BCG scar than were children 6 years old. Children in the areas of the country more than two hours' driving distance from the capital city of Santo Domingo more often exhibited lower BCG scar prevalence levels than did children in Santo Domingo. A higher Rosa Index (better level of socioeconomic characteristics) was correlated with higher BCG scar prevalence values (r = 0.54, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our study findings indicate that BCG coverage appears to be inadequate for schoolchildren in the Dominican Republic. Nevertheless, the presence of a scar in a higher proportion of younger children suggests that coverage has improved in recent years. More programmatic and economic emphasis needs to be placed on extending early BCG vaccination coverage to the areas of the country ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Calmette ENVELOPE(-67.150,-67.150,-68.050,-68.050) |
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Tuberculosis vacuna BCG cicatriz vacunación vigilancia de la población factores socioeconómicos República Dominicana BCG vaccine cicatrix vaccination population surveillance socioeconomic factors Dominican Republic Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
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Tuberculosis vacuna BCG cicatriz vacunación vigilancia de la población factores socioeconómicos República Dominicana BCG vaccine cicatrix vaccination population surveillance socioeconomic factors Dominican Republic Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Eddy Pérez-Then Gail Shor-Posner Lee Crandall James Wilkinson The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG |
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Tuberculosis vacuna BCG cicatriz vacunación vigilancia de la población factores socioeconómicos República Dominicana BCG vaccine cicatrix vaccination population surveillance socioeconomic factors Dominican Republic Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
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OBJECTIVES: To critically assess the prevalence among schoolchildren 6 to 9 years of age throughout the Dominican Republic of a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination scar, and to examine the relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of having a BCG scar. METHODS: This correlational study used the database of the Second National Census on Height and Weight of Elementary School First Grade Students, which was conducted in the Dominican Republic August 2001-May 2002, to provide a critical assessment of BCG coverage nationwide. The Census information for the children included the presence of BCG scar, their nutritional status, and basic demographic data. We developed a new sociodemographic indicator, the "Rosa Index," to examine the potential influence of poverty and other environmental characteristics on scar presence. We used logistic regression models to predict the presence of a BCG scar. RESULTS: An overall BCG scar prevalence of 55.3% (85 644/154 887) was found. Malnourished children were less likely to have a BCG scar than were children with adequate nutritional status (odds ratio = 0.91; 95% confidence interval: 0.87, 0.95, P < 0.05). Children who were 7-9 years old were less likely to have a BCG scar than were children 6 years old. Children in the areas of the country more than two hours' driving distance from the capital city of Santo Domingo more often exhibited lower BCG scar prevalence levels than did children in Santo Domingo. A higher Rosa Index (better level of socioeconomic characteristics) was correlated with higher BCG scar prevalence values (r = 0.54, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our study findings indicate that BCG coverage appears to be inadequate for schoolchildren in the Dominican Republic. Nevertheless, the presence of a scar in a higher proportion of younger children suggests that coverage has improved in recent years. More programmatic and economic emphasis needs to be placed on extending early BCG vaccination coverage to the areas of the country ... |
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The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG |
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The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG |
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The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG |
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The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG |
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The relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the Dominican Republic having a BCG scar Relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la República Dominicana tengan cicatriz de BCG |
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relationship between nutritional and sociodemographic factors and the likelihood of children in the dominican republic having a bcg scar relación entre los factores nutricionales y sociodemográficos y la probabilidad de que los niños de la república dominicana tengan cicatriz de bcg |
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