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CARDONA-ARIAS, Jaiberth Antonio; RIVERA-PALOMINO, Yennifer  e  CARMONA-FONSECA, Jaime. Indigenous health in the 21st century: intestinal parasites, malnutrition, anemia and living conditions of children of the Indian reservation Cañamomo-Lomaprieta, Caldas-Colombia. Medicas UIS [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.2, pp.29-39. ISSN 0121-0319.

Background: malnutrition, intestinal parasites and anemia are serious health problems; they share risk factors and these are manifested in conjunction, mainly in groups highly vulnerable as the indigenous children. Objective: to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites, malnutrition and anemia, and their association with living conditions in Embera-Chami children of Colombia. Materials and methods: Crosssectional study with 184 children. A survey of living conditions and anthropometric measurements were applied, blood count, ferritin and intestinal parasites by direct methods and formalin-ether concentration were performed. Data were analyzed in SPSS 21, Anthro and Anthro-plus, with frequencies, summary measures, Pearson chi square, Fisher's exact, Mann Whitney U and t Student. Results: 76% had houses with cement floor, 53% sewage and 26% septic tank. The house overcrowding affects 35% of households, the median monthly household cash income was U.S. $ 133 (48% of the monthly minimum wage). Iron deficiency was found on 2%, anemia in 13%, underweight or at risk of developing 17%, 8% chronic malnutrition and at risk of chronic malnutrition 21%. The prevalence of intestinal parasites was 93.5%, the prevalence of pathogenic parasites was 83.4%, being higher in children with chronic undernutrition and headache and abdominal pain. Conclusion: This study contributes to the objectives set out in the Health Initiative of the Americas Indigenous Peoples. The Indianreservation has a high prevalence of intestinal parasites, anemia and malnutrition and its risk factors, which demonstrates the need to improve education, health care, control and monitoring, given the serious consequences of these infections and diseases have on health individually and collectively. (MÉD.UIS. 2014;27(2):29-39)

Palavras-chave : Health indigenous; Children; Intestinal Diseases; Parasitic; Malnutrition; Anemia; Colombia.

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