An approach to the health status of three Asháninka communities locate in Tambo and Ene rivers, 2006.
Journal Title: Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica - Year 2009, Vol 26, Issue 1
Abstract
In May 2006 a cross-sectional study was conducted in three Ashaninka communities located in Ene and Tambo rivers, to describe their health status. Health status was defined based on five indicators: prevalence of child malnutrition, acute diarrheal diseases (ADD), acute respiratory infections (ARI), maternal mortality and infant mortality. Parents were interviewed about deaths in children under 1 year, maternal deaths, cases of ADD and ARI. We evaluated the nutritional status by measuring weight and height in children aged 0 to 6 years and noted the status of protection in vaccine immunization cards. Was conducted 53 interviews with parents and 83 children were evaluated in the communities of Samaniato, Tziquireni and Mayapo. There wasn’t any maternal death and there wasn’t any children death. The global malnutrition reached 43.3% and ranges from 53 to 57% between 12 and 47 months and increased to 58.8% after 48 months. Chronic malnutrition reached 78.3% of children assessed. Parents reported that 53.1% of children had an episode of EDA and 57% of IRA. 98.9% of children older than one year were protected. These results allow an approach to the health situation in Ashaninka communities, which should facilitate the design of intervention programs or activities targeted nutritional support for children of this community.
Authors and Affiliations
Carolina Tarqui-Mamani, Javier Vargas-Herrera, Elisa Terreros-Martínez, Walter Torres
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP149856
- DOI -
- Views 109
- Downloads 0
Evaluation of two analytical techniques for speciation of arsenic in surface waters from Southern Peru.
It is widely known that arsenic is highly toxic to humans, and the chronic exposure to this element produces various damages to the health of people. In Peru have been reported particularly high levels in rivers of the s...
[Advances and challenges in building the national health research system in Peru].
The objective of this paper is to present the situational status of the National Health Research System of Peru (NHRS), the lessons learnt during the building process, the opportunities to improve it and the challenges....
Medical tesis: experiences in a public university of Lima
Susceptibilidad canina a rabia después de una campaña de vacunación en zonas endémicas del Perú.
[b][i]Objetivo: [/i][/b]Determinar el nivel de la respuesta inmune posterior a una campaña de vacunación antirrábica canina en dos zonas que han presentado en los últimos años casos de rabia canina. [b][i]Materiales y mé...
Integrated training in the medical career
Medical education should be integrated, in the medical curriculum should include aspects related to the humanities to enable students to become competent professionals, with ethic attitude and aesthetic sensibility appro...