Table 2 Anaemia care by age and geographic location in Indigenous children aged 6–59 months
From: Anemia in disadvantaged children aged under five years; quality of care in primary practice
| Eligible primary care centres n (%) | Number of client records assesseda n (%) | Proportion receiving care n (%) | Age (months) | Geographic location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–11 n (%) | 12–23 n (%) | 24–59 n (%) | Remote | Rural | Urban | ||||
| Total | 109 (100%) | 2287 | 2287 | 430 (18.8%) | 532 (23.3%) | 1325 (57.9%) | 1861 (81.4%) | 346 (15.1%) | 80 (3.5%) |
| Anaemia care | |||||||||
| Anticipatory guidance | |||||||||
| Breastfeeding (< 2 years) | 109 (100%) | 962 (42.1%) | 728 (75.7%) | 376 (87.4%) | 352 (66.2%) | N/A | 638 (80.6%) | 64 (53.8%) | 26 (51%) |
| Nutrition advice | 109 (100%) | 2287 (100%) | 1665 (72.8%) | 344 (80%) | 434 (81.6%) | 887 (66.9%) | 1373 (73.8%) | 233 (67.3%) | 59 (73.8%) |
| Food security | 109 (100%) | 899 (39.3%) | 92 (10.2%) | 29 (15.9%) | 29 (13.9%) | 34 (6.7%) | 66 (9.4%) | 20 (11.4%) | 6 (25%) |
| Child health surveillance | |||||||||
| Haemoglobin documented in last 12 months | 109 (100%) | 2096 (91.6%) | 1472 (70.2%) | 195 (49.9%) | 381 (76.5%) | 896 (74.2%) | 1343 (74.8%) | 109 (41.8%) | 20 (50%) |
| Follow up of abnormal findingsb | |||||||||
| Dietary/nutrition advice | 109 (100%) | 452 (19.8%) | 298 (65.9%) | 51 (65.4%) | 115 (71%) | 132 (62.3%) | 258 (63.5%) | 34 (85%) | 6 (100%) |
| Prescription of iron supplement | 109 (100%) | 452 (19.8%) | 253 (56.0%) | 40 (51.3%) | 97 (59.9%) | 116 (54.7%) | 239 (58.9%) | 11 (27.5%) | 3 (50%) |
| Follow-up FBE or haemoglobin within 2 months | 109 (100%) | 452 (19.8%) | 219 (48.5%) | 40 (51.3%) | 76 (46.9%) | 103 (48.6%) | 208 (51.2%) | 7 (17.5%) | 4 (66.7%) |
| Composite measure of quality of carec | 109 (100%) | 2096 (91.6%) | 1127 (53.8%) | 164 (41.9%) | 322 (64.7%) | 641 (53.1%) | 1012 (56.4%) | 95 (36.4%) | 20 (50%) |