Concepts of anemia among low income Nicaraguan women;Conceptos de anemia entre mujeres nicaragüenses de baja renta

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Ailinger, Rita L ^a   Moore, Jean B ^b   Pawloski, Lisa ^b   Cortés, Lidya Ruth Zamora ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad de Politecnica de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Anemia; Latin America; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849088225     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692009000200002     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. WHO. Joint statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children Fund 2004; available from: URL:http://www.who.int/topics/anaemia/en/who_unicef-anaemiastatement.pdf
2. th Edition, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.
3. WHO/UNICEF/UNU. Iron deficiency anaemia: Assessment, prevention and control A guide for programme managers 2001, available from: URL: http://wwwlwho.int/vmins/anaemia/prevalence/anaemia_data_status_prevalen ce/en/index.html
4. Galloway R, Dusch E, Elder L, Achadi E, Grajeda R, Hurtado E, et al. Women's perceptions of iron deficiency and anemia prevention and control in eight developing countries. Social Science & Medicine 2002; 55(4):529-44.
5. Ejidokun OO. Community attitudes to pregnancy, anaemia, iron and folate supplementation in urban and rural Lagos, south-western Nigeria. Midwifery 2000; 16(2):89-95.
6. Shell-Duncan B, McDade T. Cultural and environmental barriers to adequate iron intake among northern Kenyan schoolchildren. Food & Nutrition Bulletin 2005, 26(1):39-48.
7. Young SL, Ali SM. Linking traditional treatments of maternal anaemia to iron supplement use: an ethnographic case study from Pemba Island, Zanzibar. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2005, 1 (1):51-8.
8. Hassan AE, Kamal MM, Fetohy EM, Turky GM. Health education program for mothers of children suffering from iron deficiency anemia in United Arab Emirates. Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association 2005, 80(5-6):525-45.
9. Jarrah SS, Halabi JO, Bond AE, Abeggien J. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) perceptions and dietary intake among young women and pregnant women in Jordan. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2007, 18(1):19-27.
10. Pierce MB, Crowell RE, Ferris AM. Differing perspectives of inner-city parents and pediatric clinicians impact management of iron-deficiency anemia. Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior 2006, 38(3):169-76.
11. Moore JB, Pawloski L, Rodriguez C, Lumbi L, Ailinger RL. The effect of a nutrition education program on the nutritional knowledge, hemoglobin levels, and nutritional status of Nicaraguan adolescent girls. Public Health Nursing. In press 2008.
12. U.S. Department of State. Background note: Nicaragua 2007. Available from: URL: www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1850.htm.
13. Universidad de Politecnica de Nicaragua. Encuesta de salud comunitaria del anexo 2000. Managua, Nicaragua.
14. Pawloski L, Moore JB, Lumbi L, Rodriguez CP. A crosssectional analysis of growth indicators from Nicaraguan adolescent girls: A comparison of anthropometric data from their Guatemalan counterparts. Annals of Human Biology 2004, 31:647-59.
15. Moore JB, Pawloski L, Rodriguez C, Baghi H, Lumbi L, Zamora L. The effect of a nutrition education program on the self-care practices of Nicaraguan adolescent girls and the nutrition dependent-care practices of their mothers. Self-Care, Dependent-Care, and Nursing: The Official Journal of the International Orem Society 2007; 15(1):6-11.
16. Pawloski L, Moore JB The impact of a nutrition intervention program on the growth and nutritional status of Nicaraguan girls. Collegium Antropologicum 2007; 31(1):315-9.
17. Maxwell JA. Qualitative Research Design 2005, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
18. DeSantis L, Ugarriza DN. The concept of theme as used in qualitative research. Western Journal of Nursing Research 2000, 22 (3):351-72.
19. Arellano F. Diccionario del Español de Nicaragua 2007. Managua: PAVSA.