Mobile Application for Nutritional Control and the Prevention of Iron-deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women

Joe Frand Llerena Izquierdo; Maria Victoria Merino Lazo

doi:10.18779/ingenio.v4i1.364

Mobile Application for Nutritional Control and the Prevention of Iron-deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women

Título traducido de la contribución: Aplicación Móvil para el Control Nutricional y la Prevención de la Anemia ferropénica en Mujeres Embarazadas

Joe Frand Llerena Izquierdo, Maria Victoria Merino Lazo

Grupo de Investigación en Enseñanza - Aprendizaje de Las Ciencias Para la Ingeniería (GIEACI)

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Se presenta el desarrollo de una aplicación móvil para el control nutricional de la mujer gestante con riesgo de anemia ferropénica. Diseñado para registrar, consultar y sugerir las cantidades de hierro requeridas. La metodología de investigación es de corte cuantitativo, con enfoque empírico-analítico de nivel descriptivo. Se utiliza la técnica de la encuesta a una población de 200 mujeres en la ciudad de Lima, Perú. El alto índice de anemia en menores de cinco años, bajo peso del bebé al nacer, así como síntomas comunes que padece la mujer en gestación son factores determinantes que pueden mitigarse mediante el control mediado con el uso de la tecnología. Los resultados evidencian que el problema principal está en los registros de control de la alimentación de la mujer gestante muchas veces elaborados de forma tradicional. El 80% de las participantes indica que el aplicativo tiene un alto potencial en el área médica preventiva como apoyo al proceso de embarazo que evite el padecimiento de la anemia ferropénica considerada un problema de salud en Perú.

Título traducido de la contribución	Aplicación Móvil para el Control Nutricional y la Prevención de la Anemia ferropénica en Mujeres Embarazadas
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Número de páginas	10
Publicación	Revista Ingenio
Volumen	3
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18779/ingenio.v4i1.364
Estado	Publicada - 10 ene. 2021

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