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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
RAMOS-VALENCIA, OMAR et al. Factors Associated with Noncommunicable Diseases in an Indigenous population of Colombia. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2023, vol.39, n.2, pp.443-464. Epub Mar 14, 2024. ISSN 0120-5552. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.02.001.416.
Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 76 people belonging to the Yanaconas Indigenous Resguardos of Rioblanco - Colombia. An instrument based on the STEPS -OMS protocol was used to determine the factors associated with noncommunicable diseases in the population. The participants were between the ages of 29 to 59 (60.5%) years old; most were physically active, with the most used means of transportation being non-motorized "walking" (46.1%). The indigenous community was found to have risk factors such as low educational level and bad eating habits; exposure to wood smoke in this population was high, at 57.9%; however, tobacco use was lower, at 3.9%, with alcohol use at 34.2%.
Keywords : Risk factors; Indigenous population; Chronic diseases; public health- Colombia*.