To describe the epidemiology of childhood anaemia in remote Aboriginal communities

近25%的新界原住民儿童患有贫血症。儿童期贫血会导致认知发育迟缓，使其难以在学校学习，最近还被认为与成年后的慢性病有关。贫血通常是由营养不足的饮食引起的，但也可能是由寄生虫感染或反复腹泻发作引起的。我们的目标是确定母亲贫血、饮食摄入量、寄生虫和其他感染对生活在偏远社区的土著儿童的儿童贫血有何贡献。

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.