To describe the epidemiology of childhood anaemia in remote Aboriginal communities

北领地近25%的土著儿童患有贫血症。儿童期贫血导致认知发育迟缓，难以在学校学习，最近还发现与成年期慢性病有关。贫血通常是由营养缺乏饮食引起的，但也可由寄生虫感染或反复腹泻引起。我们的目的是确定产妇贫血、饮食摄入、寄生虫和其他感染对生活在偏远社区的土著儿童儿童贫血的影响。

Almost 25% of Aboriginal children in the NT are anaemic. Anaemia in childhood causes delays to cognitive development making it difficult to learn at school and has also recently been linked with chronic disease in adulthood. Anaemia is usually from a nutritionally deficient diet but can also be caused from parasitic infections or repeated diarrhoeal episodes. Our aim is to determine what contribution maternal anaemia, dietary intake, parasitic and other infections have on childhood anaemia for Aboriginal children living in remote communities.