Objective:
To assess factors associated with hospitalization of children considered at risk at birth, during the second year of life.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study in Maringá - Paraná. The data were collected between November 2010 and February 2011, with the mothers of 248 children born in 2008. The results showed that the total number of children studied, 50 (20.1%) needed hospitalization between 12 and 24 months.
Results:
The factors associated with its occurrence were low maternal education, lack of exclusive breastfeeding up to six months, morbidity in the last year, hospitalization in the first year of life, low income and high number of household members.
Conclusion:
The findings underscore that children at risk at birth need to be assisted differently by basic health services, especially those with the lowest socioeconomic levels, previously hospitalized and who were not breastfed exclusively up to six months.
Child Hospitalized; Morbidity; Hospitalization; Risk Factors; Nursing