Study of the health of children from 5 to 9 years of age in the District Butantã, city of Sao Paulo, with and without respiratory tract disease, reported by parents or guardians / Estudo das condições de saúde das crianças de 5 a 9 anos de idade residentes no Distrito Butantã, cidade de São Paulo, com e sem doença respiratória, declarada pelos pais ou responsáveis

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2009

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BACKGROUND: The health has been evaluated in terms of quality of life, from 1948, with the definition of the World Health Organization, as well the physical, mental and social rather than absence of disease. The health of children has been defined as a subjective and multidimensional concept that includes a physical evaluation, the psychosocial impact of disease on the child and his family. In societies developed or developing is great epidemiological importance of respiratory disease. This fact stems from the important impact on their expressive rates of morbidity and mortality in children. It becomes necessary then, the epidemiological importance of respirator tract disease, the incorporation of new techniques and processes for the study of the health of the population with and without respiratory problems in terms of the perception of parents or guardians. In order to study the impact of respiratory tract diseases in the health conditions of children from 5 to 9 years of age in the District Health School of Butantã was used in this study, the instrument Child Health Questionnaire version aimed at parents (CHQ - PF-50), validated in the world and Brazil. Was also evaluated the relationship of the declaration of respiratory tract disease according to the university, education of parents, track income and ethnicity METHODS: We evaluated the health of 959 children aged from 5 to 9 years of age residing in District of Butantã in the city of Sao Paulo, with and without respiratory tract disease declared by the parents or guardians. From March to July 2004. The research was a descriptive, with a focus through the retrospective analysis of data provided with a database. To that end we used the method of lifting elements of information from the sample by means of data collection instrument structured and not undercover, using the CHQ-PF50. Respiratory tract diseases were asked and declared: rhinitis, sinusitis, ear infections, laryngitis, pharyngitis, pneumonia, asthma or asthma framework. The data presented in this study were analyzed from a set of procedures applied to the original data collected as methodological guidance found in Landgraf et al.RESULTS: The study indicated that children whose parents had reported respiratory tract disease conditions of poor health, compared to children without respiratory tract disease. Parents of children who study in private schools and with a higher degree of education reported more respiratory disease to their children. The monthly income or ethnicity did not interfere in the declaration of respiratory tract disease. CONCLUSIONS: To improve the health conditions of children with respiratory tract disease is necessary to understand such conditions in the global context, and social biopsico, in addition to improving education of the population.

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nível de saúde promoção da saúde respiratory tract disease conditions of health saúde escolar doenças respiratórias health promotion school health

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