Avaliação do estado nutricional de crianças Maxakali menores de cinco anos no município de Santa Helena de Minas - MG

Abstract

Introduction: The indigenous population Maxakali Pole Base Good Water, is located approximately 12 kilometers from the municipal district of Santa Helena de Minas. Currently, people Maxakali is the second largest indigenous village of Minas Gerais. Monitoring the Nutritional Status of this ethnia began in 2005. The natives' houses who populate the Pole Base Good Water has its houses scattered hampering the work of Indigenous Health Multidisciplinary Team. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of indigenous children Maxakali under five years of age from secondary data. Methodology: Data collection was conducted in the municipy of Santa Helena de Minas/MG during the period January to December 2009, involving indigenous children, aged zero to five years, of both sexes, belonging to the eight villages to know: Badé, Joviel, Marcelo, Kokiti, Maria Diva, Valdemar, Zé Pirão and Gilmar. This work was made the analysis of the data collected and made available on SISVAN. Results: The malnutrition index is still high. Considering that the malnutrition is represented by the nutritional status very low weight and low weight for age, there is its largest percentage especially in the age group of twelve to twenty-four months, except for the months of October and that is greater December/2009 in the age group of twenty-four to thirty six months. This work seeks to the reorganization of services to this community and therefore, improving the quality of indigenous childrens life Maxakali.