Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children
Background. Ear infections in children are a major health problem and may be associated with hearing impairment and delayed language development. Objective. To determine the prevalence and the associated risk factors of ear infections in children 6–17 years old residing on two reserves and rural are...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4764758 2023-05-15T16:14:54+02:00 Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children Karunanayake, Chandima P. Albritton, William Rennie, Donna C. Lawson, Joshua A. McCallum, Laura Gardipy, P. Jenny Seeseequasis, Jeremy Naytowhow, Arnold Hagel, Louise McMullin, Kathleen Ramsden, Vivian Abonyi, Sylvia Episkenew, Jo-Ann Dosman, James A. Pahwa, Punam Project Research Team, The First Nations Lung Health Study Team, The Saskatchewan Rural Health 2016 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764758/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977160 https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1523897 en eng Hindawi Publishing Corporation http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764758/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1523897 Copyright © 2016 Chandima P. Karunanayake et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2016 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1523897 2016-03-20T01:12:26Z Background. Ear infections in children are a major health problem and may be associated with hearing impairment and delayed language development. Objective. To determine the prevalence and the associated risk factors of ear infections in children 6–17 years old residing on two reserves and rural areas in the province of Saskatchewan. Methodology. Data were provided from two rural cross-sectional children studies. Outcome variable of interest was presence/absence of an ear infection. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between ear infection and the other covariates. Results. The prevalence of ear infection was 57.8% for rural Caucasian children and 43.6% for First Nations children living on-reserve. First Nations children had a lower risk of ear infection. Ear infection prevalence was positively associated with younger age; first born in the family; self-reported physician-diagnosed tonsillitis; self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma; and any respiratory related allergy. Protective effect of breastfeeding longer than three months was observed on the prevalence of ear infection. Conclusions. While ear infection is a prevalent condition of childhood, First Nations children were less likely to have a history of ear infections when compared to their rural Caucasian counterparts. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) International Journal of Pediatrics 2016 1 10 |
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Background. Ear infections in children are a major health problem and may be associated with hearing impairment and delayed language development. Objective. To determine the prevalence and the associated risk factors of ear infections in children 6–17 years old residing on two reserves and rural areas in the province of Saskatchewan. Methodology. Data were provided from two rural cross-sectional children studies. Outcome variable of interest was presence/absence of an ear infection. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between ear infection and the other covariates. Results. The prevalence of ear infection was 57.8% for rural Caucasian children and 43.6% for First Nations children living on-reserve. First Nations children had a lower risk of ear infection. Ear infection prevalence was positively associated with younger age; first born in the family; self-reported physician-diagnosed tonsillitis; self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma; and any respiratory related allergy. Protective effect of breastfeeding longer than three months was observed on the prevalence of ear infection. Conclusions. While ear infection is a prevalent condition of childhood, First Nations children were less likely to have a history of ear infections when compared to their rural Caucasian counterparts. |
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Karunanayake, Chandima P. Albritton, William Rennie, Donna C. Lawson, Joshua A. McCallum, Laura Gardipy, P. Jenny Seeseequasis, Jeremy Naytowhow, Arnold Hagel, Louise McMullin, Kathleen Ramsden, Vivian Abonyi, Sylvia Episkenew, Jo-Ann Dosman, James A. Pahwa, Punam Project Research Team, The First Nations Lung Health Study Team, The Saskatchewan Rural Health |
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Karunanayake, Chandima P. Albritton, William Rennie, Donna C. Lawson, Joshua A. McCallum, Laura Gardipy, P. Jenny Seeseequasis, Jeremy Naytowhow, Arnold Hagel, Louise McMullin, Kathleen Ramsden, Vivian Abonyi, Sylvia Episkenew, Jo-Ann Dosman, James A. Pahwa, Punam Project Research Team, The First Nations Lung Health Study Team, The Saskatchewan Rural Health |
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children |
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children |
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children |
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children |
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children |
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ear infection and its associated risk factors in first nations and rural school-aged canadian children |
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