Understanding the social determinants of health/disease: Intestinal parasites and malnutrition in the families of Urabá, Colombia

Abstract

Background: The triple burden of endemic pathogenic intestinal parasites (PIP), malaria, and hunger-malnutrition remains quite common in many countries of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Objective: The objective of this paper is to use the tools of critical epidemiology to examine the prevalence of PIPs and malnutrition and to describe the living conditions of children aged