Table 2.
Anaemia care by age and geographic location in Indigenous children aged 6–59 months
| 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%) |
CQI Continuous Quality Improvement, FBE Full blood examination
aProportions are less than 100% if the service is not included in the best practice guidelines for children of that age
bA child was defined as having ‘abnormal haemoglobin findings’ according to the clinical practice guidelines in their state or territory for a child of that age (haemoglobin cut points 105, 100, 110 g/dl)
cCaregiver received advice about nutrition and the child had received a haemoglobin measurement in the last 12 months