Health need assessment in an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health needs and access to health care is a huge challenge in developing countries, especially in some isolated indigenous communities. Amantani is an island located at 3854 m above sea level in Lake Titicaca, Peru. There is no official date on key local health needs and determinants, which precludes the prioritization and efficient implementation of health interventions. The objective of this study is to validate a health need assessment tool and ascertain the main health needs of the indigenous high-altitude population living on Amantani.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study to describe the health needs of the indigenous population of Amantani using a questionnaire based on the "Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey". The questionnaire underwent expert

SUBMITTER: Calderon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582488 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature