The health and nutritional status of school children in two rural communities in Sri Lanka

被引：12

作者：

Fernando, SD

Paranavitane, SR

Rajakaruna, J

Weerasinghe, S

De Silva, D

Wickremasinghe, AR

机构：

[1] Fac Med, Dept Parasitol, Malaria Res Unit, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka

[2] Univ Colombo, Fac Med, Dept Psychol Med, Colombo, Sri Lanka

[3] Univ Sri Jayewardenepura, Dept Community Med & Family Med, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

来源：

TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH | 2000年 / 5卷 / 06期

关键词：

school child; nutritional status; anaemia;

D O I：

10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00569.x

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

There is growing evidence of considerable burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases and undernutrition in school children. This study describes the nutritional status and parasitic infections of school children in two areas of rural Sri Lanka. All children in four primary schools in thr Moneragala district of Sri Lanka were included in the study. The height and weight of children were measured and anthropometric indices calculated. Stool and blood samples were examined for evidence of intestinal helminthiasis, malaria and anaemia. A greater proportion of boys than girls were underweight, wasted and, stunted. Over 80% of the children were anaemic but did not apparently have iron deficiency anaemia according to their blood picture. The prevalence of parasitic infections such as hookworm and Plasmodium spp that may contribute to anaemia was low.

引用

页码：450 / 452

页数：3