Estado nutricional de gestantes indígenas das Aldeias Bororó e Jaguapirú no município de Dourados, MS

Abstract

Objective: To assess the nutritional status of indigenous pregnant women. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 500 housing, with simple random sampling, with indigenous pregnant women between 10 and 59 years living at the Jaguapiru and Bororo villages, located on the Indian reservation in the city of Dourados, MS. Was used pre codified and standardized questionnaire containing sociodemographic, lifestyle, use of medications, weight and height and capillary hemoglobin. The diagnosis of the nutritional status of pregnant women was performed according body mass and gestational week (Atalah method). Results: We found 38 indigenous pregnant women, which had an average age of 22 years. The classification of the nutritional status showed that more than half of the patients presented adequate nutritional status (57.6%). However, the carriers of overweight and obesity totaled 33.3% and low weight 9.1% in addition to the association between nutritional status and age p equal to 0,002. Lower hemoglobin levels to 11g / dL were found in 26.3% the indigenous. Conclusions: approximately 40% of the evaluated indigenous pregnant women presented inadequate nutritional status and 30% hemoglobin reduced showing the need for care in order to reduce the risks to health of the mother and fetus.