QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE LA ROMANA BATEYS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Hands in Service (HIS) has been taking medical teams to the Dominican Republic for the last three years. One of the locations that the team visits is the La Romana bateys. This location suffers from extreme poverty and the affects are seen in the clinics. Poor nutrition compromises the patients’nimmune systems making many common illnesses difficult to overcome. HIS sought to find the demographics to find out how to best serve these people on upcoming trips. You can find out more information by reading below.
Participating Population: 700 patients.
33% sample size used for testing= 235 patients analyzed All percentages are based on the sample group Demographics: By Gender:
o Average age of female child is 9.37 years old
o Average age of male child is 8 years old By Age:
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Nutritional Status:
Malnutrition causes our patients to be more susceptible to diseases, causes stunted growth in children, muscle wasting, and has a detrimental effect on learning ability and concentration. The definition of malnutrition in children and infants is based on a percentile of less than the 5th percentile on the CDC international growth chart.
Definition of malnutrition in adults is based on a BMI of less than 18.
Malnutrition causes our patients to be more susceptible to diseases, causes stunted growth in children, muscle wasting, and has a detrimental effect on learning ability and concentration. The definition of malnutrition in children and infants is based on a percentile of less than the 5th percentile on the CDC international growth chart.
Definition of malnutrition in adults is based on a BMI of less than 18.
- 1.7% of adults were malnourished
- 14.8% of children were malnourished
- 17.75% of infants were malnourished
Vitamins/Deworming Medication:
Hands in Service gives out vitamins to help supplement important nutrients that patients were lacking in their daily meals.
Hands in Service gives out vitamins to help supplement important nutrients that patients were lacking in their daily meals.
Intestinal parasites and skin parasites further weaken immune systems already depleted by the effects of malnutrition. Intestinal parasites can consume many scarce calories that our patients need. This can result in stunted height, low weight and damage to the digestive tract.
Scabies is a skin parasite that causes intense itching, especially at night; this results in sleep deprivation. The itching caused by these mites that live under the skin is almost overwhelming and patients often scratch their skin open, leaving them susceptible to skin infections.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082057/
- 80.18% of patients received Aldendazole; treats intestinal worms
Scabies is a skin parasite that causes intense itching, especially at night; this results in sleep deprivation. The itching caused by these mites that live under the skin is almost overwhelming and patients often scratch their skin open, leaving them susceptible to skin infections.
- 9.3% of patients received Ivermectin to treat scabies.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082057/
Top Diagnoses’ (most common to least common):
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Most commonly prescribed Medications (from most to least common):
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