Anemia and malnutrition in indigenous children and adolescents of the Peruvian Amazon in a context of lead exposure: a cross-sectional study

Anticona, Cynthia; Sebastián, Miguel San

doi:10.3402/gha.v7.22888

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“…On the other hand, findings regarding stunting and underweight in Peru were much higher than our figures as they found that 42.1% and 31.6% of preschool children were stunted and underweight. 15 The current study revealed that underweight and stunting were more common in females than males that because of the sex discrepancy in rural population as they gave more care to males children than females, these findings were consistent with. 17 Our finding disagreed with the results of; which revealed a no difference in sex as regards prevalence of stunting or underweight.…”

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“…15 Also, a study conducted in Nigeria reported that 9.7% of children below five years were wasted and 9.9% were stunted. 16 These findings were much lower than our results; this may be due to differences between the two communities as regards socioeconomic status, environmental and cultural characteristics as poor weaning practices and delay in seeking medical advice.…”

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“…13,21,22 Study conducted in Sub -Saharan Africa reported that parasitic infestation had serious impact on children nutritional status and considered as a root cause of malnutrition, but study conducted in the Peruvian Amazon reported that the most prevalent cause of malnutrition in preschool children was lead poisoning due to oil extraction. 15,17 What this paper adds  The Prevalence of hospital-based malnutrition is evaluated.  The Prevalence of malnutrition assessed in study identifies the impact of poverty on children nutritional status.…”

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Nutritional survey among under five children at Tamyia district in Fayoum, Egypt

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Elgameel

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Malnutrition is involved in half of the deaths of under-five children as in many developing countries. In Egypt, malnutrition remains an important issue as 5.5% of under-five children are underweight, 8.4% are wasted and 21.4% are stunted. The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition among sick under five children seeking medical advice at Tamiya District health care facilities in Fayoum.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 400 under five children at Tamiya district in Fayoum. It was carried out over a period of 5 months from June to October 2014. All patients were subjected to the following: History taking, anthropometric measurements including weight and length/height.Results: Our study shows that 23.2%, 18.5% and 19.3% of children were underweight, stunted and wasted, respectively. Stunting was more common in females than males. Also, our results reveal that risk factors of malnutrition were 70.6% parasitic infestation and 15.7% for gastroenteritis with statistically significant high prevalence of positive parasitic, helminthic infestation, and gastroenteritis with p-value <0.05 among wasted, stunted, and underweighted children.Conclusions: Prevalence of malnutrition was high among under five sick children. These findings indicate the need for implementing hospital and community-based intervention nutritional program.

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Nutritional survey among under five children at Tamyia district in Fayoum, Egypt

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“…The national average of chronic malnutrition is 14.6% and anemia is 35.6% for children under the age of five [23]. Unfortunately, these risk factors are more prevalent among indigenous communities in the Amazonian region [24–26]. In the Amazonian department of Ucayali, chronic malnutrition is at 26.1% and anemia is at 46% [23].…”

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Developmental delay in the Amazon: The social determinants and prevalence among rural communities in Peru

Westgard

Alnasser

2017

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The consequences of poor child development are becoming increasingly recognized. Programs are being put in place around the world to improve child development by providing healthy and stimulating environments for children. However, these programs often have limited reach and little is known about the prevalence of developmental delay in under-developed communities. The current study set-out to better understand the prevalence of developmental delay in rural communities in the Amazon region of Peru. Also, it explores social determinants that are associated with any delay. Cross-sectional study by evaluating developmental delay in children under 4 years utilizing Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3). Additionally, conducting a social determinants questionnaire answered by caretakers to identify social drivers for developmental delay. The data was analyzed with multi-variant analysis to measure association. The prevalence of developmental delay in the Amazonian communities was 26.7% (19.3% in communication, 11.4% in gross motor skills, 8% in both) (N = 596). The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed significant associations between developmental delay and; level of education (OR 0.64, p = 0.009), age of mother during child’s birth (OR 0.96, p = 0.002), visits by community health agents (OR 0.73, p = 0.013), and river as primary water source (OR 2.39, p = 0.001). The social determinants questionnaire revealed that 39% of the mothers had their first child before the age of 17, nearly half stopped going to school before the age of 12 (52%), 29% gave birth at home, 13% breast fed for less than 7 months, and 50% of the children had diarrhea in the last month. There is still a great need to improve the conditions for child development in the Amazon region of Peru. One-fourth of the children suffer from developmental delay, which will likely impede their potentials for life unless something is done. The impact of education, age of mother at birth of the child, community health agents, and access to clean drinking water were important findings. Improvements can be made in these areas to create a large, cost-effective impact on the well-being of the communities.

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“…Consideramos oportuno realizar estudios para ver la relación de anemia y la lactancia materna exclusiva prolongada en niños de poblaciones rurales de la selva y sierra del Perú, las cuales vienen siendo las más vulnerables frente a este problema (4,5) . De esta manera se aportaría al desarrollo y mejora de estrategias e intervenciones nacionales para disminuir la prevalencia de anemia en niños (6) , puesto que aún sigue siendo un problema de salud pública en nuestro país (7) .…”

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Lactancia materna exclusiva prolongada: ¿contribuye a la anemia en niños menores de 5 años de hogares indígenas del Perú?

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Anemia and malnutrition in indigenous children and adolescents of the Peruvian Amazon in a context of lead exposure: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 64 publications

References 29 publications

Nutritional survey among under five children at Tamyia district in Fayoum, Egypt

Nutritional survey among under five children at Tamyia district in Fayoum, Egypt

Developmental delay in the Amazon: The social determinants and prevalence among rural communities in Peru

Lactancia materna exclusiva prolongada: ¿contribuye a la anemia en niños menores de 5 años de hogares indígenas del Perú?

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