Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan
Infancy is a vulnerable age group for anemia throughout the world. However, community-based screening for infantile anemia is seldom reported. This study determined the prevalence of anemia among infants in an Okinawan village from 2003 to 2008, in relation to secondary prevention of the condition....
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| description | Infancy is a vulnerable age group for anemia throughout the world. However, community-based screening for infantile anemia is seldom reported. This study determined the prevalence of anemia among infants in an Okinawan village from 2003 to 2008, in relation to secondary prevention of the condition. The prevalence among infants aged 3–5, 6–12 and 16–23 months was 12.3%, 15.8%, and 4.2%, respectively, based on cross-sectional surveys (n=3070), and was 11.0%, 17.2%, and 3.9% according to another retrospective cohort study (n=511). The relatively low prevalence of anemia at early childhood suggested that previous detection and treatment through early and late infantile screening had been successful. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3455a01220214c76916bf651295550fd2025-02-03T01:22:16ZengWileyAnemia2090-12672090-12752011-01-01201110.1155/2011/278371278371Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, JapanTomiko Hokama0Chiemi Yogi1Colin W. Binns2Andy H. Lee3Graduate School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan176 Aza Toma, Nakagusuku Village, Okinawa 901-2416, JapanSchool of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, WA 6845, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, WA 6845, AustraliaInfancy is a vulnerable age group for anemia throughout the world. However, community-based screening for infantile anemia is seldom reported. This study determined the prevalence of anemia among infants in an Okinawan village from 2003 to 2008, in relation to secondary prevention of the condition. The prevalence among infants aged 3–5, 6–12 and 16–23 months was 12.3%, 15.8%, and 4.2%, respectively, based on cross-sectional surveys (n=3070), and was 11.0%, 17.2%, and 3.9% according to another retrospective cohort study (n=511). The relatively low prevalence of anemia at early childhood suggested that previous detection and treatment through early and late infantile screening had been successful.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/278371 |
| spellingShingle | Tomiko Hokama Chiemi Yogi Colin W. Binns Andy H. Lee Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan Anemia |
| title | Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan |
| title_full | Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan |
| title_short | Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan |
| title_sort | community based screening for infantile anemia in an okinawan village japan |
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