%0 Journal Article %T Clasificaci車n de los hogares seg迆n su perfil de salud, para la focalizaci車n de recursos destinados a prevenci車n, promoci車n y recuperaci車n, Medell赤n, 2004 %A V芍squez %A Elsa M %A Peˋa %A Ilduara %A Segura %A 芍ngela M %J Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud P迆blica %D 2008 %I Universidad de Antioquia %X objective: to obtain a health profile to classify homes of medell赤n city, according to similarities due to life and health conditions. materials and methods: for the creation of a health profile, information was taken from the data collected in the quality of life survey, medell赤n, 2004, where variables referring to life conditions and health determinants were selected. an analysis of mean components was made to choose those that explained the greater variability among homes, then a cluster analysis in 2 steps was performed to group the homes according to their life and health conditions. results: the observed correlations appeared in the expected directions. a total of 12 components explain 69% of the variability of the data, contributing to a greater proportion of variability the variables of life conditions. in medell赤n, 5 types of homes were identified sharing the same conditions of life and health. conclusion: multivariant techniques allow to conclude that medell赤nˋs home classification into 5 types regarding their determinants of health provides opportunities to make formulation of intervention programs at the population level possible. %K principal components %K clusters analysis %K life conditions %K homes. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-386X2008000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en