How Barunga Aboriginal community implemented and sustained an anaemia program – A case study evaluation

Abstract

Children aged 6-24 months are at high risk of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) due to large physiological iron demands for rapid growth and development. 1 Untreated iron deficiency and IDA in young children may result in irreversible cognitive damage with substantial health, social and economic consequences. 2,3 Indigenous children globally, 4 and in Australia 5,6 experience greater risk of iron deficiency, the most common cause of anaemia. 2,4,7 Anaemia is defined as low levels of the