Healthcare Access and Health Beliefs of the Indigenous Peoples in Remote Amazonian Peru
Healthcare Access and Health Beliefs of the Indigenous Peoples in Remote Amazonian Peru
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.13-0547
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Graham, Devon
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作者：
Brierley, Charlotte K.;Suarez, Nicolas;Graham, Devon
关于偏远的秘鲁亚马逊地区传统社区的健康问题，发表的文章很少。这项研究评估了秘鲁东北部安皮亚库河和亚瓜西亚库河沿岸土著居民的医疗保健获得情况、健康观念和信仰。2012年4月，在一次医疗服务旅行中，10个偏远定居点的179名成年居民在医疗诊所接受了采访。记录了人口统计学、健康状况、获得医疗保健的机会、健康教育、卫生设施、饮酒和吸烟情况。我们的调查结果表明，贫困、家庭过度拥挤和卫生条件差在这一群体中仍然很常见。此外，健康教育水平很低，获得医疗保健的障碍持续存在。在偏远的秘鲁亚马逊地区，医疗保健和健康教育仍然很差。这再加上贫困及其后遗症，使这一人口容易患上疾病。
Little is published about the health issues of traditional communities in the remote Peruvian Amazon. This study assessed healthcare access, health perceptions, and beliefs of the indigenous population along the Ampiyacu and Yaguasyacu rivers in north-eastern Peru. One hundred and seventy-nine adult inhabitants of 10 remote settlements attending health clinics were interviewed during a medical services trip in April 2012. Demographics, health status, access to healthcare, health education, sanitation, alcohol use, and smoke exposure were recorded. Our findings indicate that poverty, household overcrowding, and poor sanitation remain commonplace in this group. Furthermore, there are poor levels of health education and on-going barriers to accessing healthcare. Healthcare access and health education remain poor in the remote Peruvian Amazon. This combined with poverty and its sequelae render this population vulnerable to disease.