Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region
The objective of this study was to investigate the association between farmers' socioeconomic conditions and their children's health in La Fraylesca, Chiapas. Data were collected using a cross-sectional survey of 1046 households (5546 individuals) sampled from locations in two counties sit...
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| author | Héctor Ochoa-Díaz López Héctor Javier Sánchez-Pérez Magdiel Ruíz-Flores Michael Fuller |
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| description | The objective of this study was to investigate the association between farmers' socioeconomic conditions and their children's health in La Fraylesca, Chiapas. Data were collected using a cross-sectional survey of 1046 households (5546 individuals) sampled from locations in two counties situated in the study area. The survey included anthropometric measurements, a 24-hour dietary recall, stool tests, and childhood mortality data. Children of private farmers and "wealthy peasants" displayed better nutritional status, higher quality diet, lower prevalence of intestinal parasites, and a lower risk of dying than those whose parents were communal farmers, from ejidos, or "poor peasants". The results suggest that using volume of maize production as a classification method proved more valuable than land tenure to identify agricultural groups with different health status. It appears that the main determinants of health differentials are structural inequities in resource distribution. Thus, the impact of medical interventions on inequalities will be limited unless they are accompanied by redistribution of resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-385f8864da8742b7958be0d1def38a772022-12-22T01:29:27ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública0102-311X1678-4464152261270S0102-311X1999000200011Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca RegionHéctor Ochoa-Díaz López0Héctor Javier Sánchez-Pérez1Magdiel Ruíz-Flores2Michael Fuller3El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (Ecosur)El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (Ecosur)El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (Ecosur)El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (Ecosur)The objective of this study was to investigate the association between farmers' socioeconomic conditions and their children's health in La Fraylesca, Chiapas. Data were collected using a cross-sectional survey of 1046 households (5546 individuals) sampled from locations in two counties situated in the study area. The survey included anthropometric measurements, a 24-hour dietary recall, stool tests, and childhood mortality data. Children of private farmers and "wealthy peasants" displayed better nutritional status, higher quality diet, lower prevalence of intestinal parasites, and a lower risk of dying than those whose parents were communal farmers, from ejidos, or "poor peasants". The results suggest that using volume of maize production as a classification method proved more valuable than land tenure to identify agricultural groups with different health status. It appears that the main determinants of health differentials are structural inequities in resource distribution. Thus, the impact of medical interventions on inequalities will be limited unless they are accompanied by redistribution of resources.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1999000200011&lng=en&tlng=encondiciones socialessalud infantilsalud ruralestado nutricioantropometría |
| spellingShingle | Héctor Ochoa-Díaz López Héctor Javier Sánchez-Pérez Magdiel Ruíz-Flores Michael Fuller Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region Cadernos de Saúde Pública condiciones sociales salud infantil salud rural estado nutricio antropometría |
| title | Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region |
| title_full | Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region |
| title_fullStr | Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region |
| title_short | Social inequalities and health in rural Chiapas, Mexico: agricultural economy, nutrition, and child health in La Fraylesca Region |
| title_sort | social inequalities and health in rural chiapas mexico agricultural economy nutrition and child health in la fraylesca region |
| topic | condiciones sociales salud infantil salud rural estado nutricio antropometría |
| url | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1999000200011&lng=en&tlng=en |
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