Health status and risk factors of seminomadic pastoralists in Mongolia: A geographical approach

Assessment of the health status and risk factors of Kham Tibetan pastoralists in the alpine grasslands of the Tibetan plateau

“…6 Beyond the 'macro-risk' and 'micro-risk' factors cited by Oths, the conceptual model tested by this study posits that the health status of a community is a function of: (1) (cultural) lifestyle variables, (2) social and physical environmental factors, Data were gathered through this household questionnaire using questions directly reflecting the components of the basic hypothesis of this study. 7 The questionnaire had been validated and used in previous cross-cultural studies (Kohn & White, 1976;Foggin & Aurillon, 1989;Foggin, ArmijoHussein, Marigaux, Zhu, & Liu, 2001;Foggin et al, 1997), some of the questions having of necessity to be adapted to local realities (including translation into Mandarin and, verbally, into Kham Tibetan, the use of the latter's written form not being recommended at the local level 8 ). This adaptation was very important given that this study is based on self-reported indicators of health status and related risk factors (Arbelot, 1995;Lonner & Berry, 1987).…”

Networks of nomads: negotiating access to health resources among pastoralist women in Chad

“…However, several studies suggest that, within Sub-Saharan Africa, nomadic pastoralists face particular barriers of access to health services (Sandford 1978, Meir 1987, Foggin et al 1997, Loutan 1989, Swift et al 1990, Zinsstag et al 1998. Pastoralists tend to live in sparsely populated, geographically marginal areas, while health services are typically concentrated in more densely populated areas of permanent settlement.…”

Fasting Plasma Insulin is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Farmers but not in Nomads among the Mongolian Population, China

“…Nomads in Mongolia have specific dietary habits and physical activity patterns. For example, they often consume a lot of meat, milk and dairy products 12) . It seems that nomads have a low proportion of carbohydrates in their total dietary energy, and our results showed that fasting glucose were lower in nomads.…”

“…Despite this, there are few reports comparing MetS risk factors between nomadic and settled populations using a population-based sample from the same ethnic group 12) . No report was found between fasting insulin and components of MetS in nomads.…”