title: [Respiratory tract infections in indigenous migrant Mexican day-laboring families' children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identifying factors associated with respiratory tract infection in indigenous migrant day-laborer families'children living in the sugarcane sector in Colima, Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study. Having given their informed consent, 71 mothers were interviewed for compiling pertinent sociodemographic data and a history of respiratory tract infection in their children during the harvest period 2010-2011. Anthropometry for 176 children aged 0-14 years was recorded and they were clinically examined for upper and lower respiratory tract infection. Frequencies, percentages, Chi-square, odds ratio (crude and adjusted) and 95 % confidence intervals were calculated for the resulting data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  52.3 % of the children in the sample had a history of respiratory infection occurring during the last six months. Respiratory infection rates were statistically significant regarding temporary residence in shelters/hostels. The factors associated with a background of infection were being aged less than four years (AOR 4.06 (2.03-8.09) 95 % CI) and having been involved in temporary residence in a shelter,thereby leading to more overcrowding and an increased use of wood stoves for cooking (AOR 1.92 (1.01-3.63) 95 % CI).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Indigenous migrant day-laboring families'children are vulnerable to respiratory infection. Prevention programs should target their activities by age-group, emphasizing younger children, and promote improved sanitary conditions in the shelters.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Curiel-Reyes
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlanepantla, Estado de México, México.
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bárcenas-López
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
authors.forename: Ramiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caballero-Hoyos
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, México, avillase@prodigy.net.mx.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villaseñor-Sierra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014171:Transients and Migrants