%0 Journal Article
%T Aproximaciones metodol¨®gicas al estudio de la mortalidad infantil en Chile
%A Barr¨ªa P
%A R. Mauricio
%A Vanegas L
%A Jairo
%J Revista chilena de pediatr¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Sociedad Chilena de Pediatr¨ªa
%R 10.4067/S0370-41062012000100004
%X introduction: infant mortality rate (imr) is still considered a relevant population health indicator. knowing related factors and implementation of specific policies positively impacts its reduction. objective: to evaluate the evolution of the studies on infant mortality in chile in the last three decades. patients and methods: a systematic search using medline, lilacs and scielo databases was carried out. global and component imr was reviewed. results: imr has been reduced considerably since 1980. sixty-eight papers were found, mostly in national journals and bulletins. most of them (73.5%) were descriptive studies, although association studies have increased since 2000. the main data source was national institute of statistics (47%). the most frequently studied variables were: cause of death (42.6%), maternal age (30.9%) and site (17.6%). analysis strategies are mostly descriptive, although studies of association most often utilize correlation indices. conclusion: infant mortality continues to be a topic of interest to researchers, who use different strategies. continued study is encouraged.
%K infant mortality
%K epidemiologic research design
%K demography.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-41062012000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en