[Health Surveys: Essentials Tools in the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Budgetary Programs].

This article analyzes the use of health surveys in the monitoring and evaluation of the Budgetary Programs. From its beginnings in 2008, in Peru, the Budget for Results (PpR) has meant not only a modification of the organization of the State budget, but a shift towards a perspective based on scientific evidence that prioritizes the results in the population and the necessary goods and services. National health surveys have played a relevant role, since they provide population information at the product and results level, information that has also supported the changes in the management cycle of State interventions, under a structure in which the availability of information constitutes the best input for decision making.

Factors associated with anemia in children under three years of age in Perú: analysis of the Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar, ENDES, 2007-2013.

Introduction: Despite the reduction of poverty in Perú, the prevalence of anemia in the country remains high. 

Objective: To identify socio-demographic, child and maternal-child care factors associated with anemia in children between 6 and 35 months in Perú. 

Materials And Methods: We conducted an analytical and descriptive study that included registered data from the national survey on demography and family health, 2007-2013, on children between 6 and 35 months old, including the measurement of blood hemoglobin.

[Quali-quantitative study on healthcare for children below the age of 3 at health establishments in nine underdeveloped regions of Peru].

Objectives: To assess five elements of healthcare quality (physical space, equipment, personnel, waiting time, and counseling) in growth and development services (GDS) at 18 healthcare establishments in nine regions of Peru with high rates of poverty.

Materials And Methods: A quali-quantitative study was carried out in the Amazonas, Apurímac, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Huancavelica, Puno, and Ucayali regions, that included direct observation (DO) during medical assistance in GDS, focus groups (FG, one user per healthcare establishment), and in-depth interviews (IDI) with healthcare workers (two per healthcare establishment).

Results: There were 18 DOs carried out to assess environment and equipment, 23 DOs of complete service shifts, 67 accompaniments to users during medical assistance in GDS, 18 FGs (118 participating mothers), and 36 IDIs.

[Evaluating maternal child care practices in extreme poverty areas in Peru, 2012].

Objectives: To evaluate maternal and child care practices in areas with extreme poverty in Peru.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted between August and September 2012; with probabilistic, three-stage stratification by "department" (geographic region) sampling. 540 households were selected that had at least one child younger than 36 months (475 households) and/or a pregnant women (80 households), in rural areas of Cajamarca, Amazonas, Huanuco, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Apurimac, Cusco, Puno and Ucayali.

[Neonatal mortality, analysis of surveillance registers, and neonatal medical histories of 2011 in Huanuco and Ucayali, Peru].

Objectives: To estimate the rate of neonatal mortality and to describe neonatal deaths in 2011 in hospitals of the Ministry of Health at Huanuco and Ucayali (Peru).

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study from September to November 2012 in Huanuco and Ucayali. Records of neonatal deaths in 2011 were reviewed from provincial municipalities, regional health directorates and four referral hospitals.