Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet-Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study
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2016
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University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Austrália.
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International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. Previous studies document poorer outcomes for Indigenous peoples compared with benchmark populations, but have been restricted in their coverage of countries or the range of health indicators. Our objective is to describe the health and social status of Indigenous and tribal peoples relative to benchmark populations from a sample of countries. METHODS_ Collaborators with expertise in Indigenous health data systems were identified for each country. Data were obtained for population, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality, low and high birthweight, maternal mortality, nutritional status, educational attainment, and economic status. Data sources consisted of governmental data, data from non-governmental organisations such as UNICEF, and other research. Absolute and relative differences were calculated. FINDINGS_ Our data (23 countries, 28 populations) provide evidence of poorer health and social outcomes for Indigenous peoples than for non-Indigenous populations. However, this is not uniformly the case, and the size of the rate difference varies. We document poorer outcomes for Indigenous populations for_ life expectancy at birth for 16 of 18 populations with a difference greater than 1 year in 15 populations
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Brasil, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Colômbia, Revisão, Panamá, Venezuela, Chile, Canadá, Nova Zelândia, Estado Nutricional, Avaliação Nutricional, China, Estados Unidos da América, Groelândia, Índia, Indicadores Básicos de Saúde, Mianmar, Nepal, Nigéria, Noruega, Paquistão, Perú, Quênia, Rússia, Suécia, Tailândia, Mortalidade Infantil, Condições Socioeconômicas, Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde, Baixo Peso ao Nascer
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Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde, Estado Nutricional, Mortalidade Infantil, Indicadores Básicos de Saúde, Baixo Peso ao Nascer, Avaliação Nutricional, Condições Socioeconômicas
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ANDERSON, Ian et al. Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet-Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study. Lancet, v. 388, p. 131-157, 2016.
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1474-547X
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10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00345-7