Low birth weight (LBW) continuous to be a global public health problem and it is an important health indicator that identifies the social, economic, and environmental background of the newborn and his family, determined when the birth weight is less than 2500 grams. In Peru, this indicator is evaluated annually through the Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar.(ENDES). The Ministry of Health of Peru (MINSA) and the Registro Nacional de Identidad y Estado Civil (RENIEC) developed and began the implementation in 2012 of the Certificado de Nacido Vivo en Línea (CNV). This system allows the registration of newborns and generates a real-time birth certificate, also records information such as gender, weight, height, characteristics of gestation and childbirth, among other nominal health variables, this system is free of charge and use by the public and private Health Care Institutions (I...

Mr. Editor, Recently, the Manual of Advertising Warnings (MAP) was approved, putting an end to a long road of comings and goings for the implementation of Law N ° 30021, Law of Promotion of Healthy Eating for Children, Girls and Adolescents, although it is established that after 12 months of approval of the MAP, it will come into force; that is, in June 20191. This leaves a short time for the institutions that regulate and implement health policies in our country to prepare for the effects of the implementation of the aforementioned law. We believe that the debate with the population on other aspects of the law that are very important has not been deepened; thus, it is necessary to address the promotion of healthy eating and nutritional education in educational institutions jointly between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education2. Nutrition education in preschool and school...

El Bajo Peso al Nacer (BPN) sigue siendo un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial, es un indicadorimportante de salud que identifica el entorno social, económico y ambiental del recién nacido y sufamilia, determinado cuando el peso al nacer es menor de 2500 gramos. En el Perú, este indicadorse evalúa de forma anual a través de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar (ENDES). El Ministeriode Salud (MINSA) y el Registro Nacional de Identidad y Estado Civil (RENIEC) desarrollaron e iniciaronla implementación en el 2012 del Registro del Certificado de Nacido Vivo en Línea (CNV) este sistemapermite registrar a los recién nacidos y generar en tiempo real el certificado de nacimiento, tambiénpermite registrar datos como sexo, peso, talla, características de la gestación y el parto, entre otrasvariables de salud de manera nominal, este sistema es gratuito y de uso por las In...

Introduction. In Peru, we have few studies related to anemia that covers the first year of life. There are aspects in the way of establishing the diagnoses, treatments and interventions at the population level, which require specialized approaches and approaches that help to improve this public health problem. Objective. To determine the hemoglobin levels of infants 0 to 6 months of age hospitalized in the medicine services of the Instituto Nacional del Niño in 2015. Methods. 80 medical records of hospitalized patients were reviewed. The infants whose cause of hospitalization was not related to comorbidities and who lived at sea level were identified. Results 55% of infants presented anemia. The main reason for hospitalization was bronchiolitis (36.3%) followed by pneumonia (20%). Conclusion. 55% of infants from 0 to 6 months hospitalized presented anemia in our investigation.

Agradecemos los comentarios al artículo publicado en la revista que dirige. Permítanos primero aclarar algunas dudas y brindar información adicional para facilitar la revisión del artículo. Es necesario indicar que nuestro estudio no tuvo como finalidad correlacionar las variables de clima organizacional -reportado por los trabajadores del Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN)- y la satisfacción del usuario externo -reportada por quienes acuden a esta institución especializada de salud-. Para correlacionar estas variables serían necesarios aspectos metodológicos y estadísticos diferentes a los que nos planteamos, como por ejemplo homogenizar la población, considerar variables confusoras y correlacionar pares de datos, entre otros. Consideramos que este tipo de análisis no es recomendable, aunque se ha utilizado en estudios p...

Introduction. The organizational climate within health institutions and patient satisfaction are used to evaluate and improve the quality of health services. Objective. Determine the organizational climate and the satisfaction of the external user regarding the medical care received in the hospitalization services of the Instituto Nacional Salud del Niño (INSN). Methods. In the year 2017 a survey was applied to qualify the organizational climate to the workers of the hospitalization services of the Department of Medicine of the INSN. The satisfaction of the external user was measured through the SERVQUAL survey applied to external users. Results. The qualification of the organizational climate was 76,3%, considered as improvable; and the overall satisfaction of the external user was 64,4%. The organizational climate in the dimensions of identity, organ...