Koruk I, Simsek Z, Tekin Koruk S, Doni N, Gürses G
Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Child Care Health Dev. 2010 Nov;36(6):888-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01126.x.
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasites, nutritional status and physchomotor developmental delay and anaemia in children of migratory seasonal farm worker families.
In this cross-sectional study, 168 children aged between 6 and 59 months selected through probability sampling method were contacted in the Sanliurfa district of south-eastern Anatolia of Turkey. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire, anthropometry and Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory to measure physchomotor development. In order to evaluate the anaemia, finger-prick blood samples were used and laboratory analyses of faecal samples were conducted.
55.4% of children were infected by intestinal parasites. The most common infections involved the protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis (37.2%). Of the children 17.8% had general psychomotor development delay. Regarding the nutritional status of the 168 children who participated, 38.1% were stunted, 20.8% were underweight, and 5.4% were wasted. Of these children, 16.6% were anaemic.
The findings demonstrated that the children of migratory seasonal farm workers were defined as a high-risk group in terms of nutritional status, intestinal parasites and physchomotor development delay. Therefore, the effective delivery of mobile environmental and individual primary healthcare services to the farm workers' children must be ensured both while residing in the agricultural zone and in their permanent addresses.
本研究旨在调查季节性流动农场工人家庭儿童肠道寄生虫的患病率、营养状况、精神运动发育迟缓情况及贫血情况。
在这项横断面研究中，通过概率抽样法选取了土耳其安纳托利亚东南部桑尼乌法区168名年龄在6至59个月之间的儿童。使用结构化问卷、人体测量法以及安卡拉发育筛查量表来收集数据，以测量精神运动发育情况。为评估贫血情况，采用手指采血样本，并对粪便样本进行实验室分析。
55.4%的儿童感染了肠道寄生虫。最常见的感染是原生动物寄生虫小肠贾第虫（37.2%）。17.8%的儿童存在总体精神运动发育迟缓。在参与研究的168名儿童的营养状况方面，38.1%发育迟缓，20.8%体重不足，5.4%消瘦。这些儿童中，16.6%患有贫血。
研究结果表明，季节性流动农场工人的子女在营养状况、肠道寄生虫感染和精神运动发育迟缓方面被界定为高危群体。因此，必须确保在农业区居住期间以及在其常住地址，都能为农场工人的子女有效提供流动环境和个体初级医疗服务。
