Analysis of public policy attention to early childhood and their impact on the process of child nutrition in the Department of Caquetá Análisis de la política pública de atención a la primera infancia y su incidencia en el proceso de nutrición infantil en el Departamento de Caquetá

Abstract

The article discusses the public policy attention to early childhood and their impact on the process of child nutrition in the Department of Caquetá. It contains documentary review of theoretical, policy and institutional references that allow analyzing child nutrition as an essential factor to ensure the comprehensive development of children, consistent with the provisions of international instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Sustainable Development Goals ; and national and the Constitution of Colombia, and laws like the 1098 2006 Code of Children and Adolescents, and the Law 1751 of 2015 Enacting the right to health as a fundamental, among others. Systematization is fundamental for determining instruments for implementing state policy early childhood in Colombia, as well as the consistent description in the Departmental Development Plan 2016-2019 Caquetá, as a main course that embodies the will of the executive territorial entity in the field of early childhood, and is the basis of decision making to address local issues of children up to age six ensuring the effectiveness of their fundamental rights.